The dog was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Saturday morning after going over the top of the hill on Tuesday.

A man is dead after an incident in Whanganui.

Some of the victims of the Croydon tram disaster were decapitated, say witnesses.

Emergency services confirm an elderly man who fell into a causeway has died.

A truck carrying an estimated 5700 litres of bitumen crashed between Feilding and Halcombe this morning.

A man in his 40s has died and another is in a serious condition after an ammonia gas leak at a Carlsberg factory.

Police are investigating whether a tram driver fell asleep at the wheel after at least seven people were killed when his speeding vehicle derailed.

Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

The body of a woman killed while crossing the road was left lying on the road for three hours after her death.

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

A motorcyclist has been killed in an accident on the Lindis Pass Tarras Rd in the South Island. A police spokeswoman said the accident

Using paint and rocks, a woman deserted on an Auckland island for three nights wrote "Help me" on the beach.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious house fire in South Auckland.

The final moments of a fire brigade's fishing competition fundraiser were cut short when the call for help went out.

A 20-year-old male is in a serious condition after a ride on mower rolled on Waiheke Island. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is on

Firefighters have contained a "suspicious" bush fire in Northland which at its peak threatened 30 homes.

A Fire Service spokesman said there are four fire crews at the scene, and they arrived just before 4.30pm.

Passengers have been escorted off a plane at Christchurch International Airport as police investigate a potential bomb scare.

Company directors will have to pay out almost $145,000 after a worker was killed when a quad bike flipped and trapped him underneath.

Woman found on Browns Island was stranded for three nights before being rescued.

A truck driver was quick to help rescue a woman trapped in her upside-down car.

One person is dead and another seriously injured after two cars collided in Opotiki last night.

Drugs were allegedly found in the vicinity of a fire in an industrial unit on Burrows St today. A police spokeswoman told the Bay

A motorcyclist who went under a milk tanker that caught fire in a crash near Ashburton this afternoon has died.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

A house fire in Manawatu is being treated as suspicious.

A motorcyclist has died in Auckland tonight.

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon

A truck carrying a house has been involved in a crash tonight.

Masked intruders are being investigated by police in relation to two separate incidents.