Stories by Melanie Earley

Toakase Finau was found dead in the boot of her own car while police were doing a routine bail check.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said as a senior officer, Lyn Fleming did not have to work on the night she was killed.

Lyn Fleming was described as the matriarch of the Nelson Police Station, a woman who saved the lives of many.

The flashes have been increasing in speed over the past two years.

Multiple women, including a New Zealander, have spoken to Vulture, detailing experiences with the fantasy author.

The 63-year-old Christchurch man left all of his belongings inside his rented house, and a message on his door that read "farm".

"It's been a real mystery for everyone in the area," say neighbours of one of a number of seemingly abandoned, graffiti-covered "eyesores".

The last time Melissa Adams Mills heard from her brother, he told her his tyres had been slashed. Now his family fear he's been forgotten.

Emeritus Professor Murray Thomson, says it is "tremendously humbling" to be recognised in the New Year Honours list.

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。