David Henderson and Harry Murdoch were with the 5-year-old boy in his last moments

The incident happened about 6pm at Mangatangi

Both lanes are blocked after a two-car crash near Taupo on State Highway 1.

A man was taken to Nelson Hospital in critical condition after a crash in Golden Downs.

A rush hour crash on a Wellington highway leaves long queues for those heading to work.

A bus has crashed into a house in the Wellington suburb of Newtown.

The six-year-old had climbed 10m up a vertical cliff face before getting stuck.

Six cows died in an accident in South Auckland early this morning.

The injured person was trapped following the crash, police say.

A number of workmen were underground when the explosion occurred.

A young girl has died in a truck crash in Inglewood, Taranaki this afternoon.

One man was trapped in his vehicle after it crashed with another on Cowans Rd in Selwyn.

Firefighters are being injured when hospitals and rest homes request they lift patients.

Police are still determining the circumstances around how a person died in Whenuakite

Police are seeking the public's help to identify a man who collapsed in Rotorua today.

15 people have been injured, three seriously, after a multiple-vehicle crash near Taupo.

A fire and two separate vehicle accidents have claimed three lives.

One person was trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed by firefighters.

Westlake Girls' principal has sent an email to parents following this morning's crash.

A woman has been freed after getting her leg stuck in a septic tank for nearly two hours.

Mataura home invasion to feature on Police Ten 7.

Boys were at risk of drowning in wrecked car or being swept away by swift river.

Rhonda Grace was clearing out the home of friends who died when she was hit by a car.

Multiple agencies responded to reports of a hazardous substance in Auckland earlier today.

Fire staff are delaying and sometimes declining calls for help from ambulance services.

A 27-year-old forestry worker was injured when hit by a log near Purua in Northland.

Baby suffers stomach pain after swallowing battery.

A 4-year-old hit by a car is now talking and laughing with family.

Emergency services are at a serious crash at Rotoiti

Firefighters are trying to put out the blaze in the single-storey house.