The search for a missing charter boat operator will resume off the Bay of Plenty coast this morning.

The former Pike River mine manager says he did not know there had been an explosion when he was emailing about other jobs.

The former Pike River mine manager is showing signs of strain during his second day on the stand.

What remains of New Zealandas most recognisable church, the Christchurch Cathedral?

A bankrupt motel operator has become the first person in New Zealand to be sent to jail for organising a child sex tour to Thailand.

A search operation has been launched off the Bay of Plenty coast after an unmanned yacht was discovered this morning.

Former Pike River GM Doug White has admitted he sent emails looking for a new job less than 20 minutes after the mine exploded.

A man dubbed the "honeymoon killer" has begun a new trial in the US for murder, despite already serving an 18 month sentence for manslaughter in Australia.

Politicians are debating "Monday-ising" public holidays if they fall on the weekend.

Secretly filmed footage has been released of a group accused of training to kidnap, murder and bomb New Zealanders.

Tense scenes at the Pike inquiry over the suggestion the mine manager was sending personal emails, knowing the mine had exploded.

An elderly man has been hospitalised after a car crash at a railroad in South Auckland.

An Auckland man convicted of organising a child sex tour to Thailand has been jailed for three years.

The Law Commission is seeking public feedback on judicial reform ideas including setting up a specialist court for some sexual abuse cases.

The trial of the Urewera Four has begun at the High Court in Auckland.

Prime Minister John Key says the aMonday-isationa of Waitangi and Anzac Dayas is likely to stall productivity, which will cost the economy.

For most people the idea of striping naked and being photographed at a busy beach is probably pretty close to their worst nightmare.

The decades-old debate over whether or not the Transmission Gully motorway north of Wellington should be built will be resolved in just four months.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has floated several options, including raising GST and rates, to pay for transport projects.

The jury has been chosen to hear the trial of four people charged after the 2007 Urewera police raids.

Tony Reczek has told the commission that a watch battery would have more than enough energy to ignite methane.

All 274 passengers from an Air NZ flight from Tokyo have been safety removed from the plane following a health scare on board.

After nearly four and a half years, the trial of four people on charges in connection with the 2007 Urewera police raids is finally set to start.

Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts gathered in Christchurch today to mark 50 years since the disappearance of a dragonfly plane in the lower South Island.

Model Rachel Hunter has helped release a kiwi called Takamoana into the wild to highlight the work of a privately funded kiwi breeding project.

The biggest event on the gay and lesbian calendar was held today and it has seen some of our most senior politicians flirting up a storm with drag queens.

The case of a Perth taxi driver charged with rape has highlighted the issue of 'sex for fares'.

Nearly five years after the so-called Urewera terror raids, four people will go on trial tomorrow on firearms charges.

New regulations mean anyone wanting to do work which will affect a building's structural integrity will have to be licensed.

A new survey has found that Asians are the ethnic group most discriminated against here in New Zealand.

Almost half of the shops at Christchurch's Merivale Mall were urgently evacuated this morning after being deemed an earthquake risk.

Police are just about to call off the search for a 13-year-old boy missing since he jumped off a bridge in Huntly last night.

Hundreds of buildings similar the collapsed Canterbury TV building are being inspected to ensure they won't become death traps.

Woodville is feeling forgotten.

Police told 3 News the blaze may have started from a mattress being lit on fire by street kids who frequent the building.

More Christchurch residents have learned what is going to happen to their earthquake damaged homes.

More evidence of inadequate safety precautions has emerged at the Royal Commission into the Pike River mine disaster.

Prominent New Zealanders have paid tribute to Infratil founder Lloyd Morrison who has died.

The Crusaders are impressed by progress on the construction of Christchurchas temporary stadium at Addington.

Of the 255 orange-zone properties whose fates were announced today, fewer than 20 percent have been green-zoned.

Gareth Morgan says if his sub-Antarctic trip brings him into contact with wanted Norwegian adventurer Jarle Andhoy, he won't turn him in.

The engineers involved in the construction of the CTV building are refuting a technical report which says it was not built to proper standards.

A five-year-old child has died at Motueka High School after being crushed by fallen trees.

The woman claims she was tackled to the ground in Hamilton, suffering a gash to her face and a dislocated elbow.

Most of us thought the sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin was a done deal but the settlement date for the purchase keeps being delayed.

Industry players say that fracking has revolutionised the once-dwindling US gas industry, opening up previously inaccessible or uneconomic areas.

They took a car, some art and a healthy collection of television sets.

The Dunedin City Council is considering a permanent liquor ban in the student suburbs, in a bid to end drunken street parties.

A $4 million lifestyle block belonging to alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom has been seized by the Crown.

An investigation into its collapse during last Februaryas quake has found it did not meet the building standards in force at the time it was constructed - in 1986.

Police have retreated from an idea to permanently reduce the tolerance for speeding to four kilometres an hour.

The Coatesville mansion of internet piracy-accused Kim Dotcom has this morning been seized by police.

RadioLive could be fined up to $100,000 after the Electoral Commission decided the PM's show broke the law.

A report on the CTV building, which collapsed in the February 22 earthquake, will be released today.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he has apologised after calling Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker a aclowna.

A panel of experts has reached its conclusion on what they believe led to the deadly explosion in the Pike River mine.

Kim Dotcom is accused of internet piracy causing amore than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright ownersa, according to the FBI.

Ben Campbell-MacDonald dived into the chilly waters of Lake Wakatipu on Saturday and began swimming from Kingston Beach.

A panel of experts believes they know what caused the explosion in the Pike River coal mine 15 months ago.

Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman has described a navy accident in which one of its craft struck rocks as an aembarrassmenta.