A new program to help reduce ACC costs will make it more difficult for some people to get medical scans.

A light aircraft made an emergency landing near the grounds of Macleans College this afternoon.

Police have named the man who died after falling during a climb at Chinaman's Bluff in Central Otago on Friday.

Panic erupts as a fireworks show in Whakatane goes wrong during a hectic night across the country for fire services.

The survivor of a "freak accident" spent a night alone on a narrow ledge at an isolated cliff-face knowing his climbing companion had fallen to his death.

In a special report, Vaimoana Tapaleao talks to the families of ferry victims with ties to New Zealand, so they will not be forgotten.

The man killed in a fire on his South Auckland farm was the husband of district court judge Jane Lovell-Smith.