Warrior Sonny Fai - missing presumed drowned after saving brother

Warrior star Sonny Fai, widely regarded as one of the brightest young hopes in New Zealand rugby league, is missing – presumed drowned.

• More sexual harassment complaints against Edwards

  It turns out a young gay man is not the only one accusing Graeme George Edwards of sexual harassment.

• Five-star high-rise opens in Auckland

  The country's first five-star rated green high-rise has opened in central Auckland.

• Police find skeletel remains in Wellington cold case

  Lower Hutt police have made a series of breakthroughs in the mysterious disappearance of Harold Skudder.

• Man in Lower Hutt court after historic murder

  A Wellington man has been remanded in custody after an appearance in court for the historic murder of a Lower Hutt man.

• Versalko used bank as front for $17.7m con

  Versalko paid his victims back $4.6 million of their own money in "returns" on their non-existent investments.

• 3news.co.nz - now available in Mandarin

  3news.co.nz today entered uncharted territory by launching an innovative new service catering for New Zealand's Chinese community.

• Mephedrone becoming popular party drug in NZ

  Here in New Zealand it's illegal, but it's here.

• Waihopai trial: no precedent from acquittal - law expert

  The acquittal of three activists yesterday on charges of vandalising the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim does not set a legal precedent.

• Study: For every new pokie machine there is a new problem gambler

  New research has found that there's one new problem gambler for each new pokie machine added to a community.

• Spy base protesters walk free

  Three protesters accused of breaking into and damaging the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim have been found not guilty.

• Low income families forced to ignore open fire ban

  Christchurch's open fire ban is now just a fortnight away, and many tenants are worrying how they can affordably heat their homes this winter.

• Penguin breeding programme a success

  Conservationists in Dunedin are claiming victory in their bid to increase yellow-eyed penguin numbers.

• Tolley blamed for students forced to learn in hall

  Education Minister Anne Tolley is under fire amid claims Christchurch primary school pupils are being taught in a school hall.

• Marlborough forest fire 'suspicious'

  Fire investigators will be looking into suggestions that a large pine forest blaze in Marlborough was deliberately lit.

• Aucklanders blamed for Great Barrier pollution

  A conservation group is blaming Auckland City for spreading rubbish on Great Barrier Island.

• Waihopai spy base trial - protestors not guilty

  Dominican Friar Peter Murnane, Otaki teacher Adrian Leason and farmer Sam Land have been found not guilty on charges of burglary and one of wilful damage.

• Fire crews finding Marlborough blaze tough

  A 1km-wide forest fire is burning furiously in Marlborough, prompting the evacuation of residents of a small town.

• Waihopai trial drawing to close

  The Crown and the defence are summing up today in the trial of three men accused of breaking into the Waihopai spy base in Blenheim.

• Beach litter a problem in NZ

  Going to the beach is one of those special Kiwi things. Remember that hot sand, the pohutukawa, the sparking water.

• Row over diesel fumes sees fire appliances forced outside

  The union representing firefighters is refusing to let its members park appliances inside some stations.