MidCentral District Health Board has released a damning audit report of Palmerston North's Rosa A Lea Rest Home, which it closed last month.

Police have identified a motorcyclist who was killed after a police chase last night ended in a high-speed crash.

The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.

A teenager whose night of drinking ended with the death of his best friend in a road crash has been jailed for five years.

It is too early to say whether a fire that killed a woman and a child overnight is suspicious, police say.

A major elderly care operator has accused health authorities of a "witch hunt" over the closure of a rest home.

An inspection team finds a 103-year-old woman tied to her bed with a sheet, during an audit of a Palmerston North rest home.

The key witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering a friend seven years ago refused to talk to police for five years.

Wanganui freezing worker David Bourke will tomorrow be charged with murdering his brother, police say.

A drunk teenage driver who crossed a median strip and collided with a Toyota Hilux admits killing his friend in the smash.

A man has been arrested after a gunman threatened bank tellers and fled with an unknown amount of cash this morning.