A new book and exhibition by photographer Fiona Pardington examines the historic - and now derided - practice of taking casts of people's heads to study their brains. Some were her ancestors.

Chenye Hughes was asleep in her conservatory when a tornado tore through her New Plymouth...

Firefighters have been working flat out in New Plymouth today assessing the damage after two tornadoes tore through the city early this morning.

Police say an elderly woman who sneaked out of a New Plymouth rest home, checked herself into a motel for the night.

A country music singer was killed when his car was sliced in two by a double-decker truck yesterday.

One person is dead after a crash involving a truck and a car on State Highway 3 south of Uruti this morning.

Apparently, rocking horses around New Zealand have been gradually culled from playgrounds in recent years.

Residents worry big bakery's receivership will cost them jobs and a local identity.

Te Ururoa Flavell was the catalyst for Hone Harawira's sacking from the Maori Party. Chris Barton talks to the hammerhead from Waiariki

Liz Light takes a walk up Mt Taranaki.

Budget documents reveal a power cable to the Kupe gas and oil field has failed and is the subject of a $95 million insurance claim.