A man was injured at the Dunedin District Court this morning.

Emergency services are scrambling to prevent polluted waste spilling into waterways after a tanker crashed in South Auckland.

A young woman is dead after the car she was driving crashed into a stream during a police pursuit in Rotorua.

St John Front line paramedics Jared Ranudo and Harrison Smythe talk about their lucky escape. They were hit by a speeding vehicle, which overturned their ambulance. After escaping from the wreckage, they attended to the person in the vehicle that crashed into them.

Two paramedics escaped from their upturned ambulance and rushed to treat a driver trapped in a wrecked car which had smashed into them.

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

About 40 households in a remote area of Waikato have been without access to a reliable phone line for weeks.

A woman who was missing after a house fire in Castlecliff has been found alive. Police yesterday searched for a person who remained

Five people are suffering minor injuries after a bus with 39 people on board veered off the road near Central North Island's Tangiwai.

Desert Rd down to one lane after crash.

A Castlecliff family was left shaken on Monday morning after a stolen car crashed through their front yard and into their neighbour's

A Housing NZ house has been destroyed by fire and a young woman taken to hospital suffering burns.

A person is dead after an accident in Hawkes Bay.

Name suppression lapses for woman accused in Dome Valley kidnapping case.

Emergency services were called to a "well involved" fire in a two-storey Penrose Street house at about 1pm today.

A Singapore Airlines flight to Milan has caught fire after returning to Changi Airport following an engine oil warning message.

The toddler who died in a Christchurch stadium carpark was pinned between a van and a low fence.

Delays expected after collision in Christchurch.

Emergency services in southern Wairarapa are busy today dealing with three car crashes, the most serious of which saw a woman flown to hospital by helicopter.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

A woman injured in a fatal car crash on State Highway 1 is now in a stable condition in hospital.

SH1 is now closed between Warkworth and Wellsford, and motorists are advised to use SH16 as an alternative route.

Roof of Risingholme Community Centre collapses after blaze rips through it.

Eleven people have died on our roads up until midnight, the highest number of deaths for a Queen's Birthday weekend since 1989.

Two people are trapped after a head-on crash on State Highway 2 between Bethlehem and Katikati.

A person is dead after a crash involving a car and motorbike on Harris Rd in Huntly, taking the Queen's Birthday Weekend road toll to eight.

Police, firefighters and ambulance were called to Manor Park, Lower Hutt after the incident shortly after 6pm.

A police spokesman said no one was in the car when it was removed from the water.

More than 3200 residential fires were recorded last year -- up from 2635 in 2011.