Phone in flames after lightning strike
An elderly couple 'blinded' by a lightning strike on their home believe they had a lucky escape - they'd hung up the phone moments before it burst into flames.
An elderly couple 'blinded' by a lightning strike on their home believe they had a lucky escape - they'd hung up the phone moments before it burst into flames.
The introduction of a corporate manslaughter law to deal with work-related deaths in New Zealand is "unlikely", says Prime Minister John Key.
A train hurtled off the tracks in a New York suburb, killing at least four people, injuring 67 and coming perilously close to plunging into a freezing river.
Two teenagers struck by cars in separate incidents near Rotorua over the weekend remain in critical conditions in hospital.
A teenager was walking away from an argument when she was allegedly run over by a drunken friend.
A 9-year-old Tauranga boy has been flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital after falling off his bike and hitting his head.
A bus reversing over a gas main in Whangarei sparked mass evacuations in the suburb of Kamo this morning.
Part of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year collapsed today, causing significant damage and killing two people, authorities said.
Police have released the names of the two people who were killed in a motor vehicle crash at Bankside, south of Dunsandel, on Monday.
The driver of a vehicle that crashed in Samoa - killing two Kiwi men - is set to face charges later this week.
An Auckland man and his daughter who helped rescue a "totally unprepared" German tourist who'd slipped down Mt Ruapehu believes the young man would have died.
Friends of the four dead people say it was a miracle the collision over Auckland killed no one else.
Rutger Hale did not particularly like hot, sunny days. So cool, breezy conditions at Lake Hawea yesterday were perfect for his memorial service.
A teenager who fell 100m down Mt Ruapehu might have died if not for his quick thinking - and shoe laces.
A man is dead after a wall fell on him as he worked in his Blenheim garden yesterday.
A person is dead after a stone wall fell on them in Blenheim this afternoon.
Bungy pioneer AJ Hackett is lucky to be alive after a high-speed head-on road crash in Queenstown.
'I just saw the whole slab that just came down and all you could hear was the guys screaming.' A witness describes a half-built mall collapse where 50 are trapped.
The third anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy will be marked today with a minute's silence and the laying of a wreath.
A woman who fell 15 metres from Lion Rock at Piha yesterday was outside the safety barriers, emergency services say.