Kieran Campbell

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says her department will investigate if officials missed any intelligence about rising tensions at Spring Hill Prison that could have indicated yesterday's riot was coming.

Legal high pioneer Matt Bowden has hinted he may return to the industry once the Government makes changes to legislation to make it safer.

The Green Party has launched a campaign it hopes will stop deep-sea drilling in New Zealand waters.

Two women who drowned in their upturned car after it crashed into a mangrove swamp and sank had blood-alcohol readings almost double the legal limit, a coroner has found.

Prime Minister John Key remains committed to improving safety in the adventure tourism industry and his Government will consider recommendations made by the coroner investigating the Fox Glacier tragedy.

Auckland and Northland residents are being warned to prepare for "intense" thunderstorms and "damaging" gales up to 130kmh from this afternoon.

The drivers of two vehicles that crashed head-on last night have died and a third person is in a critical condition in hospital.

A reputable vet is accused of giving a horse a boosted dose of a pain relief drug, capable of improving its speed, before the horse won a race.

A grieving mother has made an emotional plea to a mystery motorist linked to the crash that killed her teenage daughter.

The 10-year-old boy who was electrocuted at his family home in Rotorua has been named as Matthew Smith.