Melanie Earley

"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.

Prosecutors need to look at a range of factors, a process complicated by the fact the Bayesian is under "quite a considerable" volume of water.

Tracey Hanna was called as the first witness as Philip Polkinghorne's defence got underway in Auckland's High Court.

The former surgeon has arrived at court accompanied by family has his defence begins.

The 26-year-old, who was granted interim name suppression, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon.

The missing man's niece, Lovina Fa'ukafa, said the family "were still in shock" over the capsize.

Beam has been asked to deactivate all scooters one minute before midnight.

Stephen Thorpe was very successful in his field, to the point of having bugs named after him, friends say. Audio

Helen Verry's death was a "tragic consequence" of poor workmanship, WorkSafe says.