As first steps go, John Buchanan can't be accused of fiddling with the hub caps when the engine has blown up.

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

A top Auckland restaurateur says diners need better service more than a spectacular view.

The cause of a gas explosion in south Auckland which claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman on Saturday is still unknown, despite police completing their forensic examination at the scene.

New Zealand rider Jonathan Paget underlined his bid for next year's Olympics with a win at the Bramham international horse trials.

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.

The explosion at a construction site in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga has killed one person, a 48-year old woman, and left six others injured.