Families were in tears after discovering loved ones' headstones cracked or kicked over.

A teacher has been ordered to apologise or pay $100K to a principal for alleging bullying.

For a brief moment, National's Bill English knew what it felt like to be Donald Trump.

Bereaved Kiwis are carrying the shoes of their lost loved ones around the country.

Environment Minister Nick Smith rejects conflict of interest claims over funds for a dam.

Fisherman Tyler Stokes who lied about father's death to pay back fraction of $170k lost.

Canterbury Police are urging motorists to slow down.

Mike Harris has a journal and a piece of fuselage to remember the father he never met.

Fire engulfed a Nelson property with one person suffering burns.

The robbers were armed with a shotgun and stole cash and cigarettes.

Kumeroa is wanted in connection with the aggravated robbery of a Nelson dairy.

Armed pair rob dairy of smokes and cash before fleeing in flash wheels.

A heartwarming brotherly reunion for the ages - 35 years in the making.

Nelson police found 1.2kg of meth when they stopped a car in Murchison.

Northlanders are set to be battered by gale force westerly winds today.

A 34-year-old man is in hospital after being shot by police in Nelson overnight.

A Nelson girl has been told she isn't allowed to join the boys' gymnastics class.

Kaleidoscopes of monarch butterflies are brightening Auckland's winter skies.

The weather gods are not shining on New Zealand this weekend.

A derelict psychiatric hospital building has gone up in flames in Nelson.

Greens say they will spend up large to try and win in Nick Smith's electorate.

The house was so badly damaged it was difficult to establish the fire's cause

"Extraordinarily immature" conduct has ended with a man's trespass from public meetings.

Firefighters are trying to account for two people who normally live in the damaged home.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

From today an active front will begin to cross the South Island, moving north.

ASB's latest Regional Economic Scoreboard shows Auckland is struggling to keep up.

Baker was told she would be hurt if she didn't hand over cash.

Hunters warned to stop shooting animals near residential properties.

Two cars were involved in the crash, which emergency services are en route to.