Alecia Rousseau

Fire and Emergency NZ has told a select committee it will be $154 million short on the funding needed to bring its ageing fleet into line over the

A man with previous drink-driving convictions, but none in the past 30 years, has been sentenced to a significant amount of community work after returning a blood alcohol level well above the legal limit.

A Palmerston North man has been fined $32,000 for failing to comply with orders to stop refurbishing an inner-city building that contained asbestos.

The importance of secure and stable housing for military families has been brought home at a ceremony marking the completion of eight new homes at Linton Military Camp.

A woman who was beaten and sexually violated during a 12-hour ordeal told a court how the man responsible for the brutal attack had taken almost everything from her.

A person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after they were struck by a vehicle at a busy Palmerston North intersection.

Less than a week after Fire and Emergency NZ fronted up to a select committee about issues with its fleet the Minister for Internal Affairs has announced the chair of the organisation's board has been replaced.

A recidivist offender who stole almost $30,000 worth of cosmetics in a late-night burglary has opened up about the abuse he was subjected to in boys' homes.

A proposed law change that will restrict a judge's ability to discount a sex offender's sentence because of their past may undermine the expertise of the country's courts, says the Criminal Bar Association.

A former Feilding woman is telling the stories of Manawatū's Filipino community through a visual display capturing some of their most deeply ingrained cultural traditions.