A Cobden man who evaded police by jumping into the Grey River after midnight on New Year's Day may face a hefty bill for his "crazy and diabolical actions".

A West Auckland police station is on lockdown after a member of the public brought in an unknown object that he'd dug up in his garden.

A German tourist who was shot while hunting near Gisborne on Christmas Eve has been transferred to Auckland Hospital's critical care department.

A drunk driver who fled the scene of an early morning crash in Waikato could be seriously injured and police are "seriously concerned" about his whereabouts.

A police car was rammed by a driver in a stolen truck, who then escaped by driving the wrong way along the Auckland motorway overnight.

A teenage mother fighting for her life after she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her partner suffered two punctured lungs, a broken leg and a fractured neck, her sister says.

Two teenagers are still fighting for their lives after they were struck by vehicles in separate incidents around Rotorua yesterday.

The owners of a Picton house hit by a landslip yesterday have been told the property is temporarily unfit to live in.

Residents of a Picton house escaped injury today when a landslip hit their home and broke through a wall, as torrential rain lashed central New Zealand today.

A 55-year-old man has died in a motorbike accident on the Haast Pass this afternoon, the second motorcyclist death this week on the same stretch of highway.

A light plane crashed on Kumara Beach, near Hokitika, this afternoon but the pilot walked away.

A pilot has been forced to make a hasty landing after colliding with a cow at a rural airstrip this morning.

A historic piece of World War I memorabilia was blown up after an ambulance call-out went wrong in Manawatu this week.

A man is dead after being involved in an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property yesterday.