A cold snap brings an abrupt end to the Christmas holiday.
A 69 year old died in Wellington after falling between his yacht and the wharf.
The holiday road toll stands at 20
Speaker: Phil Wright (Chief Traffic Officer)
An unidentified young woman’s body was found in the Whangaparoa peninsula today.
Wellington Police have charged a prison escaper of taking a women hostage and stabbing her boyfriend. A second man also escaped from the prison but was recaptured in Silverstream.
Speaker: Snr Sgt Ted Jordan (Upper Hutt Police)
In Auckland two men are on the loose after escaping from Paremoremo prison.
Part of a mountain in the East Cape, known as the resting place of Maui’s canoe, is to be made into a park with public access.
Staff at Wellington’s Park Royal Hotel were kept busy today after a pipe burst.
The annual spate of poppy thieving is happening again as the Opium poppy comes to fruit. Speaker: Glenn Walls (Householder)
Wellington beat Auckland in the final of the inter provincial softball series, winning the Winfield Cup.