Weather: Nice weekend, nasty week
Spring will again show its sleight of hand on NZ weather conditions.
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Rugby: Heartland Championship sorts out final Meads and Lochore Cup placings with exciting matches
Some old favourites return to prominence, while others wonder what might have been.
Fine weather with a few showers expected this weekend
Fine weather and showers expected for much of the country this weekend.
Rugby: Both Heartland Championship table leaders upset in penultimate round
Top four completely rearranged again in one of the most competitive seasons in 14 years.
Holi-yay: Sunshine on way after bleak week
It's good weather news for most Kiwis, after a dire start to the school holidays.
Hacker could have health data of one million New Zealanders
A hacker may have accessed personal health information of one million people.
The Kiwi teacher who had an affair with a pupil
Natasha Miller was in a relationship with her student when she was 23 and he was 16.
Rugby: Top sides win inter-island games in sixth round of Heartland Championship
South Canterbury and West Coast hold off low-ranked home sides to keep top spots
Rugby: Heartland Championship's week five sees teams upset across board
Only one team gets a victory over a side who was ranked below them on the points table.
Martinborough: What makes Toast tick
Linda Meads takes a look at Martinborough's big day out for food and wine.
Pūkaha launches new cultural immersion tour
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, along with local iwi, has developed a new cultural tour.
'Shock to the system' as temperatures set to drop
"Changeable" spring weather brings sun, rain, hot and cold all in one week.
Heartland rugby: Week 4 sees big changes on points ladder
Robbie Smith the hero for North Otago with fulltime penalty kick maintaining unbeaten tag
Bringing back bittern: Hawke's Bay's efforts to save rare bird
Bittern have lost 98 per cent of the wetlands they call home. Hunters led a push to help.
'Church became a place of trauma': Marist brother sentenced for child sex crimes
The 72-year-old abused three young girls in the 1970s while working in Wairarapa.
Heartland comeback thrillers by unbeaten West Coast and North Otago
Teams welcome back their NZ Heartland XV players for games going right down to the wire.
Wild weather: Thunderstorms, gales, heavy rain and large hail forecast
MetService is forecasting changeable weather for the weekend, in true spring style.
Small towns being decimated by meth - Bennett
Too soon for New Zealand to be talking about a cannabis referendum, says Paula Bennett.
Rugby: West Coast on top of Heartland Championship
Only West Coast and North Otago still unbeaten after two games.
40 jobs at new Greytown medical facility
Facility expected to have a team of specialists that will cater for up to 5000 patients.
Heartland Championship kicks off
First round of games honours memory of All Black and Heartland legend Sir Brian Lochore
Severe thunderstorms, 'large hail and damaging winds' to hit central NZ
Wellington and central NZ can expect very heavy rain and potential flash flooding at 9pm.
One dead, three hurt, in Masterton car crash
Several people have been injured, at least one critically, in a Masterton accident.
Man who killed Coral-Ellen Burrows, 6, allegedly attacks fellow inmate
Child killer implicated in serious assault on another prisoner.
Hunker-down Saturday: Snow, storms and massive waves to batter New Zealand
Snow and bitter cold to batter alps and Queenstown, while huge waves to hit near Auckland.
Mystery death of $40k stag: Did poachers shoot prized deer?
Poachers may not have killed a trophy stag worth $40,000, owner now believes.
So regular we are used to it': 2000 hospital workers attacked on the job a year
"Sometimes, physical abuse is so regular most of us are used to it."
Live: Commuter chaos - 'Like the Hunger Games' as 20,000 rail users vie for buses
A freight train has derailed in Wellington, forcing the closure of four main rail lines.
Trains and training as Jones visits Wairarapa
The Government has announced training for youth and more log trains in the Wairarapa.
Baby Neve's goody bag: A year in gifts for the first baby
The gifts for the country's first baby have come from every corner of the globe.
Watch: Kiwi traveller's incredible footage captures hidden gems of New Zealand
'I just want to show the world how diverse and amazing New Zealand really is.'
Skydive company 'devastated' by loss of young pilot in Masterton crash
Joshua Christensen, 20, of Masterton, has been named as the second pilot killed.