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

Police have laid charges after the Maori King's younger son was involved in a boyracer crash from which witnesses say he was lucky to escape alive. Residents say they can't believe the 16-year-old driver survived.

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.

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.

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.

14-year-old pulled off by teachers and nurse after bid to get over closed fence.