One person is in serious condition after the car they were in hit a power pole in Auckland this afternoon.

Two people escaped with just minor injuries when the car they were in rolled onto rocks along the Firth of Thames this afternoon.

A 7-year-old who nearly drowned at Palm Springs Thermal Pool north of Auckland yesterday is in a critical condition again.

A paraglider pilot flown to hospital this morning with leg injuries has been praised for his quick-thinking.

A woman was rescued from the Auckland Islands by helicopter late yesterday evening.

The exact cause of the suspicious Mt Maunganui blaze remains unknown but investigators at the site today have found no evidence of a natural cause.

A surfer survived a close encounter with a fin at a remote beach yesterday - but it wasn't the sort of fin you'd expect.

Fire-ravaged Mt Maunganui will be completely closed until midday tomorrow.

Fire Service spokesman Andrew Norris said crews were alerted to the fire shortly before 6pm.

One person has died in a collision between a motorcycle and a van in central Hamilton this afternoon.

A woman is believed to have died after an "extreme fall" from a central Auckland apartment building last night

A person is being airlifted to Middlemore Hospital in a critical condition after a house fire in Orewa tonight.

Police are working to track down the suppliers of illicit drugs after seven people were hospitalised in Auckland.

Two people rushed to hospital from an Auckland brothel this morning are believed to have ingested the drug GHB, police say.

Emergency services are at the scene of a two-car crash between Patetonga and Torehape on the western side of the Hauraki Plains.

In the afternoon's most serious crash, just before 4pm, at least seven people were injured and State Highway 2 was closed near Bombay, south of Auckland. St John was alerted to the accident at 2.36pm and sent a rescue helicopter and four ambulances to the scene. The incident happened on State Highway 2 near Avon Rd, just east of the intersection with State Highway 1.

Five children believed to be among 20+ injured on NZ's roads today after a horror start to the year. One person was killed early this morning.

Emergency services are at the scene on the Northern Motorway and the Waitemata Serious Crash Unit has arrived.

Firefighters undertook a "delicate operation" at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital this morning.

Two teenage girls had to be rescued from the Manukau Harbour after drifting 1.5km off-shore on an inflatable swan.

An investigation has been launched after reports of a mysterious explosion that has hospitalised a Stoke man.

Three drown, one person missing, and another in serious condition.

One person has been critically injured in a road accident in Ranui.

A firefighter rescued two people from a Bleheim house fire early this morning.

A 12-year-old boy remains in critical condition after falling through a skylight while walking on the roof of a school.

An 11-year-old boy has died following a fall in a lift in a house that was being renovated north of Auckland.

Fire fighters were called to a single storey two-unit block of flats on Arthur Grove in Waikanae about 7.30pm.

Two car crashes this evening in the North Island have left three people injured, two of them seriously.

David Hills was killed on Saturday travelling back to Palmerston North with friends in a crash with a truck that left their car barely recognisable.