An SPCA animal shelter manager who wept at his desk amid growing workplace tension has failed in his bid to get compensation for constructive dismissal.
A man who attempted to access a restricted area of Auckland Airport by dressing in a fake pilots' uniform was carrying out a stunt for television show Wannaben, reports say.
The Fire Service says an inferno that gutted a derelict Wellington house likely had a "helping hand'', while a homeless man known to have squatted there remains missing.
Families of suicide victims have met with Prime Minister John Key and urged him to consider a review of the "abusive'' coronial inquest system.
A High Court jury has retired to consder its verdict in the manslaughter trial of a born-again Christian who allegedly grabbed the wheel of a car and steered it into the path of an oncoming bus.
A logging truck and school bus have collided near Invercargill, in the second such crash in just over a week.