Douglas Roake carried out six robberies over a month and a half in 2017 before invading a rural home and shooting a mother and her daughter. Read...

Geoffrey Wayne Ware, 55, was found dead at a rural property in Parakao earlier this month, with investigators seeking sightings of a ute and a man walking along the highway. Read...

`Geography shouldn’t be a barrier to getting the healthcare you need.` Read...

Midwife Sheryl Wright is on call 24/7 with just 10 days off a year. Read...

A woman whose midwife left her during labour in her tiny rural home with no electricty internet or phone coverage says the investigation has taken too long. Read...

Fording rivers and driving dangerous, winding roads is all in a day`s work for Coromandel midwife Sheryl Wright. Read...

After 15 years in custody, a man convicted of bludgeoning a woman to death in a remote rural ravine continues to maintain his innocence. Read...

Three tankers and three rural fire trucks are working to extinguish the fire, in an effort to stop it spreading to neighbouring pine trees. Read...

Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire since last night. Read...

Police have identified Geoffrey Wayne Ware, 55, as the victim in a homicide investigation following his death at a rural property in Northland. Read...