Police to speak with alleged conman
Police hope to soon talk to the man they believe tricked his way into a Canadian family's exclusive Auckland hotel room......
Conditions thwart kayakers with 'sore bums'
Two Australian kayakers now off the New Zealand coast after 57 days paddling the Tasman Sea are complaining of "very sore bums"....
From busking to the big time
Maori language singer Whirimako Black has gone from busking in Highbury Mall to featuring on an album with Robbie Williams....
Cricket greats attack ICC cave in
Criticism is mounting over the way the ICC has caved into the Indian cricket board's request to dump Steve Bucknor from next week's third Test in Perth....
Khan charged, granted bail
New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan has been granted bail at a special late night court hearing in Fiji where he was charged with three counts of conspiracy to murder......
Khan's Fijian ordeal continues
A New Zealand businessman accused of plotting to kill Fiji's interim prime minister has been released from hospital in Suva but still has to face court......
Body found in Buller river
A body has been discovered in the Buller River and is thought to be that of a man who went missing when his car crashed into the river more than two months ago....
Murder charge after woman's body found
A 35-year-old man will appear in Porirua District Court today charged with murder after a woman was found dead in the local Mongrel Mob pad early yesterday morning....
Cricket chiefs wilt under fire
India has won an unprecedented power struggle with the International Cricket Council, forcing cricket's bosses into a number of major concessions to save the strife-torn series against Australia....
Suharto's condition worsens
The health of former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, deteriorated......
Murder charge after woman's body found
A 35-year-old man will appear in Porirua District Court today charged with murder after a woman was found dead in the local Mongrel Mob pad early yesterday morning....
Contact offers bill freeze
The battle for electricity customers has reignited with electricity retailer Contact Energy offering a two-year price freeze for new customers....
Cop brother looked up files on rape victim
The victim of a brutal 1989 Mt Maunganui pack rape is outraged at a high-level police decision to accept the resignation of an officer caught looking up secret details of where she lives on the police computer....
Torrents of misery in the lower North [+ pics]
Torrential rain flooded camping grounds, closed roads and caused the evacuation of houses as wild weather swept across the lower North Island....
Divers 'don't want to be shark bait'
Spearfishermen say plans to lure great white sharks with a burley trail off the Kapiti coast will turn divers into shark bait....
Tensions building over war memorial
Tensions are simmering in the West Coast town of Greymouth as frustrated residents plead for the safe and speedy return of their war memorial....
Tour to continue after Indian demands met
India's tour of Australia is set to continue after cricket officials caved in to the tourists' demands to dump umpire Steve Bucknor and also cleared the way for suspended spinner Harbhajan Singh to play in next week's third test in Perth....
Coral-Ellen's inquest reveals CYF loophole
The inquest into the death of Featherston schoolgirl Coral-Ellen Burrows has uncovered a loophole that could have prevented "low-risk" calls to Child, Youth and Family being recorded....
Urewera moa 'probably emu'
Flightless birds and a flight of fancy have prompted two Australian researchers to launch a mission into dense forest near Wairoa....
Torrents of misery in the lower North [+ pics]
Torrential rain flooded camping grounds, closed roads and caused the evacuation of houses as wild weather swept across the lower North Island....
Thousands of DHB votes invalid
Tens of thousands of votes in the Wellington and Hutt Valley district health board elections were wasted because of invalid or blank voting papers....
Tensions building over war memorial
Tensions are simmering in the West Coast town of Greymouth as frustrated residents plead for the safe and speedy return of their war memorial....
Khan facing court after hospital release
New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan has been released from hospital in Fiji where he spent the last two months recovering from injuries sustained during his arrest by Fijian police......
Kiwi hauled to late night Fiji court hearing
Kiwi businessman Ballu Khan has been taken by police to an extraordinary late night session of the Suva Magistrate's Court to face charges of conspiring to kill military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama....
SH1 re-opens as floodwaters subside
State Highway 1 south of Levin was re-opened tonight after being closed by flooding from torrential rain in the Tararua Ranges....