Police thanked the volunteers and staff who have been involved in the search.

"It's ridiculous that DHBs operate separately without any national standard," says expert.

The boy was alerted missing about 9.30 last night.

The two fishermen first went missing on Sunday afternoon.

The girl was boogie-boarding at the beach when the suspected shark attack took place.

13 arrested after Operation Inca probe into NZ harness racing

Invercargill woman who has faced many years of bullying reveals how she met Lee.

National MP Sarah Dowie has been revealed as focus of a police investigation.

Kaikōura and coastal Marlborough are now bearing the brunt of the wild weather.

Warm seas look set to keep overnight temperatures above normal for a while.

Motorcyclist spotted by police on Saturday near the township of Waihola.

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker has married partner Penny Tipu.

There is hot weather in much of NZ today, but gales and heavy rain are on the way, too.

A tourist was mugged and another man attacked with metal poles in separate incidents.

Police seeking members of public who might have seen teen walking along Waimea Valley Rd.

Nine people were killed on New Zealand roads during the Christmas and New Year period,

Strychnine seems to have been popular a century ago.

Emergency services were called to the scene on the Waimea Highway about 12.30am.

Sir Tim Shadbolt spent yesterday taking calls from long-lost cousins and well-wishers.

She went missing 20 years ago today. Now, there are hopes new methods can catch her killer

He's worth millions and is behind massive NZ land buys. But who is Garry Robertson?

For inmates in New Zealand prisons Christmas day is much the same as any other day.

Two Dunedin children are on track to become the youngest to walk the length of Aotearoa.

Christmas Day sun for the centre, rain or showers in the north and south

Victim lured to lured to site of murder by the promise of sex from a young woman.

13 harness racing people have so far been charged over Operation Inca

Polluted fuel likely caused power loss to the chopper that crashed, the TAIC report said.

Heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms in many areas today.

The two motorcyclists were taking part charity ride to raise money when they died.

A severe weather watch has been issued for coastal Otago and Fiordland.