Stocky 45-year-old man was charged with male assaults female and assaulting with intent to injure.

Three people killed in a horror smash in Central Otago this afternoon were all foreign nationals, police say.

A man police were seeking following a death at a rural West Auckland address last night has been found in Wanganui.

A 18-year-old male called for help early this morning after suffering from a minor injury while tramping near Gisborne.

Friends of a boy buried beneath a mound of dirt ran to neighbouring homes to ask for help yesterday.

Senior students went to the rescue of a year 9 rowing team when their skiff was hit by a powerboat driven by a coach in Otago Harbour this morning.

The son of a man killed in a controlled scrub burn-off in North Canterbury has paid tribute to "an extraordinary father figure".

A man killed in a controlled scrub burn-off near Arthur’s Pass in the South Island was believed to have been overcome by smoke inhalation.

The two women who became lost in the Kaimai Ranges have been found, unhurt and in good spirits.

An Auckland woman smashed a 77-year-old man in the head and set his legs on fire, before closing the door to his bedroom and leaving him to die, a court has heard.

Six people have been taken to hospital injuries after a deck collapsed during a family function in West Auckland this afternoon.

Horrified swimmers describe seeing a huge shark in Australian waters after man killed in front of them.

When the Kaingaroa Forest Volunteer Fire Brigade membership dwindled to just four, the station was faced with closure.

A crash driver has been found guilty today of causing the death of his friend and leaving him to die on the side of the road — but not guilty of a more serious charge that alcohol was likely behind the fatal crash.

A ski industry worker who died in a sleep-out fire near Wanaka in the early hours of yesterday morning has been named by police.

A person is dead following a house fire in Wanaka overnight.

A man was taken to hospital with a knife still embedded in his chest after an attack in Auckland last night.

A driver caused a crash that fatally injured his mate, then left him to die by the roadside before fleeing to the Gold Coast, a court was told today.