UPDATE: A boat flipped this morning, with two people aboard. According to a police spokesperson, they both managed to get off the

Firefighters were called out to an Auckland house this morning after a child got its head stuck in a deck.

Dreamworld will remain closed to the public until at least after the funerals of the four victims - but staff are set to be invited back to work from next week.

One person was transported to hospital after an Invercargill house was engulfed by fire this evening.

A man has been seriously injured while climbing a tree after it came into contact with power lines in west Auckland this afternoon. Emergency

One person is trapped after a car hit a power pole south of Auckland this morning.

Parents recall the day their 5-year-old boy died at Piha - a place he loved for the freedom it gave him.

The victim of a three-car crash near Te Puke on Friday was a local teen.

A woman was thrown from the back of a 4WD ute when it rolled on an Auckland beach.

Dreamworld CEO Deborah Thomas told a press conference staff are shattered by the events and that her thoughts and prayers are with the families.

A woman has been seriously injured after she was flung from a vehicle in the Waikato and a car has flipped on the Southern Motorway.

Fire investigators have narrowed down where Monday's blaze in Hamilton started, but just exactly what caused it remains unclear.

A marketing expert says it will be very difficult for Dreamworld to rebound from the incident that claimed four people's lives.

An ambulance officer's seemingly heartless description of the victims' injuries had social media in uproar.

A Kiwi woman's 10-year-old son watched her die in a horrific accident at a Gold Coast theme park.

An unstable and fire-damaged wall will remain in place when fire investigators begin their painstaking work of trying to figure out

A man has died after driving off an embankment in a rural town 45km southwest of Auckland central this morning.

Emergency services are at a car crash in Henderson.

One person died and another was taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a quad bike accident at Kuratau near Taupo overnight.

One person is in hospital and another has been arrested following a stabbing in Paeroa last night.

There was a large-scale response from fire crews around Auckland after smoke was detected in a downtown tower this evening.

Motorists are being diverted away from a section of State Highway 2 after a serious crash this afternoon.

Details of a house fire in Onehunga where a 6-year-old girl perished and her six siblings survived have been revealed by the Coroner.

A cyclist was injured this morning after being clipped by a van in Ponsonby.

A prison guard hospitalised after an attack at Paremoremo has been discharged.

A seriously injured person is trapped in an upside down people mover, the fire service says.

A truck carrying paint thinner, sulphuric acid and other dangerous chemicals, has rolled on State Highway Two.

A mental health advocacy group says the rise in 111 calls explains the extra training given to police communication centre staff.

Thousands have non-urgent surgery or appointments delayed

More than 1000 St John Ambulance officers nationwide have issued a 14-day notice of industrial action.