The former wife of a police officer was today jailed for four years for offending that was described in court as a "huge web of deceit".

An outraged gay community has lashed out at a Tauranga radio station for using the word "poofter" live on air.

A man caught travelling at 164km/h in the BOP had other motorists to blame after he was found with a breath alcohol reading over twice the legal limit.

A 63-year-old council contractor survived a 40m plunge down a sheer rock face from the peak of Mt Maunganui.

Chinese dairy investors may be media shy, but they have been lobbying politicians and other key players at the highest levels.

Four police officers beating a young man with batons and pepper-spraying him 65 times was "unnecessary, unreasonable, and unjustified", the IPCA has found.

A freak tornado has ripped off a shed roof, flinging it almost 100m, while leaving almost everything else untouched.

A person Amelia Gough trusted as a Facebook friend ended up stealing her photos and using them to create fake pages in her name.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has given the go-ahead to a half-billion-dollar, 23km toll road east of Tauranga.