One person has died in a crash near Waipu.

Elderly man falls off ladder while cutting firewood and spends night out on West Coast

Bystanders are upset it took an hour for an ambulance to arrive to assist an ill woman.

One occupant of the house is being treated for minor burns.

Taihape residents face fourth day without power, rain and wind to batter country again.

A ferry taking on water in the Firth of Thames with 100 passengers is safe.

The man appeared to only have a broken arm after his car's 10m plunge, police said.

At least three cars were involved in the crash, which happened around 9pm.

The children, aged 1and 2, were badly hurt in the crash, which also killed a man.

Woman left with serious facial injuries after explosion when she lit cigarette in her car.

A new caller location system for 111 calls from mobiles has saved lives.

A chunk of busy State Highway 1 near Christchurch has been closed after a crash.

A woman had to be cut from her car in Kumeu this afternoon after it collided with a truck.

One person was trapped after a crash in the Te Puke Highway.

Neighbours of a house fire in Welcome Bay say the house had been empty for months.

Three crews fought a fire at Tauranga home.

The vehicle crashed around 9.30pm on Puhinui Rd in Papatoetoe.

Collision in Hutt Valley leaves one man dead.

Boy was standing near the edge of a narrow precipitous section of track when it gave way.

The NZ Defence Force bomb squad destroyed a suspicious object in Huntly tonight.

Passenger jet with more than 350 people on board made an emergency landing in Perth.

The man is thought to have died of a heart attack while at the Candy Club brothel.

A man has died at Kaituna River this afternoon.

A person has been seriously hurt in a two car crash in Parau, West Auckland.

Person trapped after crash in Whatawhata.

Driver has to carry a 'huge burden of guilt' says mother whose son died.

Wellington Free Ambulance staff and volunteers practiced installing a triage tent.

Len Dillon was desperately clinging to the back of his boat in a freezing, strong current.

One car exploded in flames and another crashed of SH2 in a crash that killed four people.

Seven people died in a tragic 24 hours on our roads.