A Hastings motorist has written off his $100,000 sports car while fleeing police at 130km/h.

Workers will be kept away from the site of a watermain explosion if monitoring finds any gas.

Judge sides with injured worker against firm hailed after opting out of ACC cover.

A little boy in a small East Coast town may have been chasing his puppy when he fell into a water tank and drowned.

Ian Winson, a network engineer for Watercare, was seriously injured in Saturday's gas explosion.

The site of Saturday's explosion was closed again last night after workers smelled gas.

Ramon Milner slept through his alarm yesterday morning - and the lie-in could have saved his life.

A woman was killed and six men left with injuries similar to those sustained by "landmine" victims while inspecting work on a water pipe in Auckland's Onehunga yesterday.

Images from the scene of a fatal explosion on a construction site near Mt Smart and Victoria Roads, Onehunga.

79-year-old trapped for up to 24 hours with arm stuck against electric bar heater.

A teenage road victim who dreamed of joining the air force was farewelled with a haka at his service yesterday.

Sean Kingston is expected to be fully recovered from his jet-ski accident in six weeks.

A father who accidentally caused the death of his son will accept whatever punishment he is given because nothing will be as bad as a life without the 3-year-old.