An off-duty police officer discovered a motorcyclist killed in a crash in the Lindis Pass, Central Otago yesterday.

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 from a China Southern Airlines flight that made an emergency landing at Auckland International Airport this morning, are

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

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

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.

The Australian Workers' Union said workers at Dreamworld endured a "culture of fear and intimidation".