Quad bike pins girl with dying mother
A girl was pinned under a quad bike with her dying mother after the bike stalled on a steep track, rolled and plummeted 7m into a creek bed.
A girl was pinned under a quad bike with her dying mother after the bike stalled on a steep track, rolled and plummeted 7m into a creek bed.
Three activists are welcoming news the Crown may try to sue them for $1.1 million, despite the saboteurs having around $1000 between them.
A man in his 40s has been charged with two counts of murder and will appear in the Greymouth District Court tomorrow.
John Key says having to pay to use an internationally renowned walking track "isn't ideal", but it is better than the track being closed.
The oldest son of a mother-of-five killed by a woman fleeing a police check point says it's time to crush drink-drivers' cars.
Blenheim police say a suspected drunk driver who killed another motorist after crashing last night was not being chased.
No defendant is likely to succeed with a "greater good" defence again, following the publicity surrounding the spy base case, a law expert says.
Other defendants may consider using the same "greater good" defence as three activists who damaged the Waihopai spy base, a legal expert says.
Fire crews are continuing to put out hot spots after a forest blaze forced the evacuation of more than 30 people.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the South Island after gales battered Wellington today.
The official warning over a tsunami that threatened the entire east coast of New Zealand today has been downgraded to an advisory, but there is still a threat from ocean surges.
Civil Defence authorities have downgraded the tsunami warning for New Zealand. However, New Zealand authorities are warning that there could be surges for up to 24 hours.
New Zealand east coastal areas aren't out of the woods yet, with Civil Defence authorities and scientists electing keep the tsunami warning in place.
The first wave has reached the Chatham Islands, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile overnight. An official tsunami alert remains in place for New Zealand's entire east coast.
Five people are dead after a series of crashes overnight.
Joelle Thomson talks to one of the founding fathers of Marlborough's wine industry.