Senior constable thanked his assailant for the apology.

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Bailley Unahi's back was broken in 2016 at a Six60 concert. Now she is flying.

'Concerning' rate of sexual assaults and rape among uni students in New Zealand.

Staff were told to prep a plate of cheese rolls, but the guest of honour never showed.

They spent about two hours trying to dig the vehicle out but to no avail.

A six-minute phone call to police has wound up in evidence against her.

Fires continue to rage in Mackenzie Basin after consuming 5500 hectares.

Emergency services are at a fertiliser plant after an accident involving sulphur.

Residents readied to picked over what remains after up to 40 homes destroyed or damaged.

Luke Savigny killed a passenger while on supervision for similar driving offences.

Fire crews still battling to protect homes today, drone finds 'significant hotspots'.

Retired farmland and rampant wilding pines make a "huge" stockpile of fire-ready fuel.

'It was pretty dramatic,' says family who had camped about 5km across the lake.

Dog owners are asked to remove their pet's poo from Wingatui Racecourse.

Samuel Anderson had been in the relationship for only a few months when violence started.

The family of Sophia Crestani are still heartbroken a year after her tragic death.

There's no noise, no wind, just silence and stars - a once in a lifetime experience.

The 26-year-old was sentenced on five charges of making an intimate visual recording.

Medical school withdraws planned changes on Māori, Pasifika and refugee applicants.

Virus could be detected in wastewater and traced back to the source, says Otago academic.

Icy winds will round out the month, with some in the South Island in for a freezing night.

Heaviest snowfalls in years blanket Otago and Southland for start of school holidays.

After the driver began 'drifting and rallying' this 18-year-old decided she'd had enough.

'In places with snow and forecasted southwesterlies it will get pretty heinous.'

A rapidly deepening low has hit with heavy rain, gales, snow - and cold temperatures.

Authorities are taking no chances with Auckland Harbour Bridge as gales threaten.

The drug dealer's meth habit cost him about $3000 a day.

Snow and cold winds will make travelling difficult and stress livestock.