There's a "strong possibility" Pike River Coal mine contractors will never receive money owed to them, a receiver says.

A holiday-home deck that collapsed injuring 9 had earlier been given the all-clear by a builder.

Nine people were injured when a balcony collapsed at a holiday home in Omaha, north of Auckland, late last night. The victims were taken to Auckland City and North Shore hospitals with injuries believed to range from cuts and bruises to

Rescue launched as pair were dragged out to sea when surfcasting off a popular Hawke's Bay beach.

A woman has drowned after being caught in a strong rip in southern Hawkes Bay today, while her nine-year-old son was saved.

All 29 men lost in the Pike River disaster died within minutes of the first blast in the West Coast coal mine, a coronial inquest into the disaster has concluded.

The man charged with overseeing the Pike River mine smelled diesel or exhaust in the air about the time it was hit with an explosion that killed 29 men.

The 29 workers who died in the Pike River disaster would have died within minutes of the original explosion at the West Coast coal mine, a coronial hearing in Greymouth has heard.

A NZ-based baby buggy company is working to repair thousands of its strollers amid fears they could cut users' fingertips.