Body of missing man Rahul Dahya found near camping ground north of Palmerston North

'Power of nature': Volcanologist remembers Mt Ruapehu eruption of 1995

The eruption triggered a somewhat haphazard emergency response at home, and scientists who were there say it was good luck, not good management, that no one was killed.

Woman gives birth without pain relief as epidural comes out

Midwives told a junior midwife looking for advice that the woman "just needs to push her baby out".

Slip closes West Coast highway, heavy downpours for lower North

MetService said a slow-moving front over central New Zealand was forecast to gradually shift eastward tomorrow, while another weather system approaches from the south, moving northwards over Fiordland and Westland.

Landing plane allegedly targeted by laser at Wellington Airport

A man has been charged over the incident last night, which involved two aircraft.