The accident happened on Christmas Day.
Another person was seriously injured in the crash in Tararua District.
Mika Quinn's car has been found at Breaker Bay.
The Ministry of Health continues to urge anyone with coronavirus symptoms to stay home and arrange a test.
With the hard times the world endured in 2020, glimmers of hope shone through.
But it's predicting rain in parts of the South Island.
The fatality sees the holiday road toll rise to eight.
The judge said Maxwell's incarceration is necessary to ensure she faces trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for the late financier to sexually abuse.
A 35-year-old man has been charged.
The death was the second water-related fatality of this year's Christmas/New Year's holiday period.
Amy Marino says this current policy for student allowances discriminates against older students.
The family plan to use the money to "make a difference in the lives of people who really need it".
One person is critically injured, police said.
A Corrections spokesperson confirmed nine prisoners at Waikeria Prison "are refusing to comply with instructions".
This year's road toll sits at eight, with a week still to go.
Bethune was bit in the calf by a fer-de-lance, one of the most deadly snakes in Central America.
It's estimated the wild ride in Newcastle led to $100k worth of damage to the Audi R8.
The Diproses were told, initially, if they didn’t come home tomorrow they’d be stuck there for months.
Multiple crews from across the Far North are responding.
"Queues are building up quickly," NZTA has advised.
Aya Al-Umari and her mother were shopping when they were subjected to abuse.
Fiordland Lobster Company has seen both extremes, from months of complete shutdown to booming sales for the rest of the year.
