Emergency services are on the scene of a crash near Gisborne, where a car may have gone into a drain. An ambulance spokeswoman said

A man has been rescued by helicopter after his float plane crashed in the Marlborough Sounds this evening. The Nelson Marlborough

Whanganui senior firefighter Tanja Grunwald is off to the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in the United States. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Two teenagers snapped hanging their legs over the side of a multi-storey car park have been criticised for putting their lives at risk.

A truck and a motorbike have crashed in Auckland this evening.

Police are fearing for the safety of a 17-year-old Clandeboye local who has not been seen since 10am on Tuesday morning.

Monique Poirier, who is running for the Albert-Eden-Roskill local board, was walking past the local Countdown with former mayor Christine Fletcher when they saw a fight taking place around 6pm on Tuesday.

Kaine Johnston, 23, is remembered by his family as someone who could light up the room with his calming nature.

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash where an elderly man was struck by a vehicle in Manurewa in mid-September.

The girl injured herself while tramping with her family at Upper Travers Hut late on Sunday afternoon.

Firefighters are battling a large house fire north of Auckland this evening.

An 11-year-old boy has been rushed to Dunedin hospital after falling almost four metres from a rope swing.

A male has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an incident on Wellington Urban Motorway's Terrace off-ramp. Police

State Highway 1 in Foxton is closed as police investigate a possible gas leak.

It was such a relief when I saw the paramedic running down the track.Alice Bradley, Paraparaumu. When Alice Bradley lay bleeding

Fire and ambulance staff were called to a laundromat in Gonville afternoon after a child became shut inside a dryer.

100+ firefighters dealing with fallen powerlines, explosive debris, wather runoff, dense smoke and unknown chemicals at a suspicious West Auckland factory blaze.

A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's ICU after a stabbing last night.

Two young men nearly drowned after the boat they were heading out to sea in capsized and they became tangled in their nets.

A man died after the car he was in was washed 100m down a flooded creek during heavy downpours in Northland.

An emergency response at Auckland International Airport was caused this afternoon when an official accidentally set off a can of pepper spray.

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.