A man known as Houdini for his numerous disappearing acts, including a 2008 escape from Mt Eden Prison, has again escaped custody. Aaron Forden broke free after an interview with his lawyer at Whangarei District Court.

Lion Man Craig Busch has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 to his former employer Zion Wildlife Gardens.

The Northland woman accused of killing her young daughter has been found guilty of manslaughter.

A Northland family who muzzled dogs with insulation tape and left them in a dark and dirty shelter...

The Blues will have revenge on their minds when they host Super rugby strugglers the Cheetahs in Whangarei tomorrow.

Today's fatal police shooting near Napier is the seventh in just over a decade, since Waitara man Steven Wallace's death in 2000.

The organiser of a hikoi which marched peacefully down Auckland's Queen Street today says the new foreshore and seabed legislation breaches the Treaty of Waitangi.