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Vehicle rolls down bank
A female in her late teens was the sole occupant of a car which left the road and crashed down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.
A female in her late teens was the sole occupant of a car which left the road and crashed down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.
An abandoned yacht is still transmitting its position at sea in the Bay of Plenty after a dramatic helicopter rescue in which its two crew were winched to safety.
A man has been taken to hospital after a hammer dropped from more than 3m onto his head.
A teenage driver who careered off a cliff in his car says he owes his life to the family he narrowly missed on the rocks below.
A trapped tramper was winched to safety after spending the night on a rock ledge as wild seas surged around him.
A woman who watched in horror as a car careered over a cliff, just missing her two grandchildren below, says she would like to visit the crash victim in hospital.
A teenager was airlifted to hospital after his car plunged 15m down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.
The name of an Australian woman who died after suffering head injuries in a fall on to rocks has been released.
Critically injured Auckland patients have a better chance of survival on their way to the hospital with rescue helicopters in the city now carrying blood for emergency transfusions.
A man's jaw was broken when he was struck in the face with a golf ball during Labour weekend.
A man has been seriously injured after a piece of machinery fell out of the back of a ute, crushing him underneath it.
A man has been taken to Auckland Hospital after an altercation with a stingray this morning.
Shane Andrews was riding to work across a bridge when a driver distracted by the swollen Waimakariri River crossed the centre line and knocked him into the river.
Greg Brownson gets up at 5.30am every day for a 7 o'clock start. His helicopters save four people a day on average and he loves his job.
In the aftermath of a violent head-on smash, with her youngest child screaming for "mummy", Debbie Bell looked at her legs and knew she was in trouble.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has voted to slash funding to the Westpac rescue helicopter service, three days after assuring the service he would sort out a $900,000 funding gap.
Auckland's rescue helicopter service claims it has been starved of money - but it turns out to be much better off than its fellow charities.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown was right to act to end a costly court case involving the Auckland rescue helicopter trust and the regional amenities funding body.
Len Brown has called for a funding board at the centre of a row with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust to be scrapped after its push to slash funding for the trust.
Members of a board which yesterday agreed to halve funding to the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust could find themselves in court.
A drop in funding of nearly $500,000 to the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust is set to go ahead, a grant allocation board says.
The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust said it has no option but to head to court today over its funding.
Auckland ratepayers are up for a $500,000 legal bill to defend a court case brought by the city's Westpac rescue helicopter service.
Alice Mooney saw the horse rear and then watched as it fell towards her and slammed her into the ground.
Martin lies in agony, his clavicle broken and three fingers mangled beyond recognition. He has no idea what is about to happen.
Waiheke Island residents have rallied to help the Auckland rescue helicopter service which made 265 trips there last year and needs an all-weather landing pad.