Stories by Melanie Earley

The staff member believed he was talking to a 15-year-old boy, police documents have revealed.

This was the first time a rare spade-toothed whale was dissected.

Auckland builder Mark Colin Palmer was sentenced to two years, seven months imprisonment for supplying guns to unlicensed people.

The house had been vacant for more than a decade before finally being sold to an Auckland family.

Names from the popular children's show Bluey have started to creep up the list.

A decision on what an inquest will cover will follow a second hearing next month in Hastings for deaths linked to Cyclone Gabrielle.

The government has said interest deductibility for landlords would mean lower rents, but tenants say they've had little relief.

"I just want to let her family know ... we did everything we could." Audio

"People need to be careful," a councillor says as police search for a person who fatally stabbed a woman on a bus in Onehunga. Audio

The school was put into lockdown for an hour after parents went onto the school grounds.

The staff member has admitted to the activity and believed he had been engaging with a minor.

"We weren't allowed to be open for customers, we would have opened if the government granted us extended hours like it did with the Rugby World Cup."

The bathroom vanity was installed crooked and the waterproofing wasn't compliant. Now Sam Kumar can't be found.

Dunedin has recorded its "wettest day in a century" - but how does the rainfall compare to other recent flooding events?

A woman is speaking out about her time in a fundamentalist Christian group, which teaches that women must obey their husband's every wish.

该地块业主表示对该地块尚未有确定规划，不排除转卖；市议会表示拆除工作将在10月份完成。

A eye-catching store has been sitting partially demolished for months. What's going on?

The beams fell from the site of a troubled, half-finished apartment block in Auckland's Epsom during Tuesday's strong winds.

Ariki Rigby's sister called out as a 32-year-old man appeared in the Manukau District Court.

A trio facing charges related to the wrongful conviction of Alan Hall in the 1980s have entered not guilty pleas to all charges.

A former political figure found guilty of historical sexual abuse is taking his fight for further name suppression to the High Court.

Steel bars have fallen off the building and rats are flocking to the area as locals wait for a project halted five years ago to be finished or knocked down. Audio

If someone had been strangled by another person, Dr Stephen Cordner said more often than not, there would be additional injuries to the body which indicated an assault.

A man and woman charged with the murder of a man in Auckland's Mt Wellington on the weekend have been granted interim name suppression.

The 32-year-old was granted interim name suppression and remanded in custody.