Heartland rugby: Week 4 sees big changes on points ladder
Robbie Smith the hero for North Otago with fulltime penalty kick maintaining unbeaten tag
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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.
Trainee pilot good bloke - Black Cap
Craig McBride "impacted thousands over the decades" through cricket and teaching.
Masterton pilot's wife was in Dubai when he died in air crash
Craig McBride was killed when his plane collided with a Skydive Wellington aircraft.
Fatal plane collision: Four skydivers jumped safely before pilots killed
Residents near aerodrome looked up to see plane debris falling from the sky.
Divorce 1919 style: All on show in court
A builder, his wife, a sheep farmer and a messy Wairarapa divorce case.
Meet John Lennon's Kiwi family: 'I sipped whisky in Beatles' hotel'
Beatles John Lennon and Ringo Starr met extended family members in Wellington in 1964.
Two pilots dead after planes collide near aerodrome
Skydive Wellington, Wairarapa Aero Club pilots reportedly involved in crash.
A year in the life of the First Baby
Meeting moviestars and juggling politics, it's been an eventful year for Neve.
Iain Hyndman: Billion trees putting farming at risk
Billion trees protagonists can't see the wood for the trees, writes Iain Hyndman.
Fatal gamble: Drunk driver killed his best friend in crash
'No sentence will be harsher than being the only survivor of the crash': Victim's mother
Windy, wet weekend for most of the country
It will be a weekend of two halves for much of the country.
Wild weather: Rain, wind, giant waves to continue
South-westerly winds mean a miserable start to the weekend for many, but change is coming.
Search tactics assessed on missing Tararua tramper Darren Myers
Police assessing Tararua search options in face of forecast snow and gales.
Masterton Police call for help on shooting
Police need your help finding out how a man got shot in the leg