A woman was lost in Wellington bush this evening after taking a nap during an afternoon walk.

A person has died after a serious crash near Warkworth, which closed State Highway 1 in both directions.

Police are still searching for Bodi McKee, 23, in connection with a fatal shooting in south Auckland yesterday.

One cow is dead after a car collided with loose cattle on a Northland road earlier tonight. A fire spokeswoman said the car involved

Emergency services are at the scene in Tokoroa where a car has hit a wall. A Fire Service shift manager said one car went into a

Invercargill police find a man with a gun in the second firearm incident in two days.

Five fire engines were sent to the scene at 11.45pm when a tallow tank caught fire at the plant on the northern outskirts of Invercargill.

Emergency services are standing down after failing to find signs of fire in a building on the Terrace in Wellington's CBD this evening.

A man is in Southland Hospital with a gunshot wound following an incident on Sunday.

A search operation was mounted after people were feared missing in a Christchurch river from a car wreck.

Seven people were rescued by helicopter this morning after their four-wheel drives became stuck in an alpine river near Mount Cook.

A man has died at a Carterton homekill business this morning after a suspected medical event.

A 34-year-old mother has been charged with murder in Australia after a toddler was found dead in a bathtub.

A Sydney man proposed to his girlfriend moments after their helicopter crashed near Queenstown this week.

Emergency services are waiting for a power authority to arrive before they can rescue a person from a car that crashed into a pole in Porirua.

Young father tells of terror as his car goes up in flames - while he was trapped in the seatbelt.

A woman who died after being hit by a car early on Sunday morning has been named by Marlborough Police.

Fire services are attending a house fire in the West Auckland suburb of Kelston.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle early this morning on State Highway 6 between Pelorus and Havelock, Marlborough.

Emergency services were busy in Auckland on Thursday night after a three car collision in Epsom and another car crashing through eight fences in New Lynn.

An ambulance has crashed in Dunedin with a patient on board after losing control on a slick surface

Two 13-year-old schoolgirls 'had a scrap'' at McDonald's Restaurant in George St yesterday afternoon, police said.

A 21-year-old woman was taken to hospital this evening following an incident with a stove in Mt Wellington.

A woman was flown to hospital after collapsing in an Auckland volcanic cone crater.

An emergency services call out to Te Puna Wai youth justice facility last night was due to a group of girls huffing aerosol cans, police have confirmed.

The death yesterday was just hours after a three-car accident on State Highway 5 which claimed one life and left two others in critical condition.

Detective Sargent Todd McDonald details police procedure on burglary cases. Video / Jason Oxenham

As fire fighters were trying to open the door, the boy's father returned to the car at the Tepid Baths car park.

A newborn baby has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

A chemical which can cause severe skin and eye irritation has been spilled in Moteuka.