Witnesses are being sought in relation to the grounding of a Black Cat Cruises catamaran near Akaroa on Banks Peninsula.

WARNING: This story is about suicide - Liam Booth walked a troubled path, which came to a tragic end in a Christchurch park.

Resources Minister Shane Jones shut down the possibility of New Zealand signing up to a 'road map' away from fossil fuels at the annual global climate summit, documents reveal.

It was a photo of a young woman, posing in a bathroom mirror, that was the final straw for Sarah*. That's because the photo had been taken in her bathroom, and the obsessed woman who had been stalking her almost eight years had not been invited in.

Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson has been declined parole for a fifth time, with the parole board suggesting he address a number of their concerns ahead of his next appearance later this year.

Jacqualine Suzanne Wheeler, 71, from Rotorua has been formally identified as a victim of the Mount Maunganui landslide.