A teenage girl was sexually violated by her older brother after he plied her with drugs and alcohol during a Christmas trip to his home in Nelson. The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by ...

A wild week of weather is on the way for much of the country, but the South looks set to skip the worst of it. Further north, Canterbury could see some snow. A Christchurch swimming pool complex has ...

Several townships on both sides of the Coromandel Peninsula - all popular holiday destinations for Easter Weekend - have been cut off by road as ex-cyclone Tam moves down the North Island. There are ...