The boat that capsized off the coast of Kaikōura in 2022, killing five people had hit a whale, and those who died were trapped in the petrol-contaminated hull, the transport watchdog has found. Two ...

A woman was carjacked at a busy intersection by a stranger high on drugs who was carrying a rubbish bag full of clothes. A Nelson woman says she was forced to go private after waiting 19 months for a ...