A pedestrian was seriously injured when she was struck by a truck reversing at the Countdown supermarket car park in Auckland's Grey Lynn this morning.

A pair of Rosenbauer CA5 Panther fire trucks were unveiled at Wellington Airport today.

A Queenstown man says he feels lucky to be alive after his ute plunged 40 metres off a bridge and landed upside-down in the Kawarau river near Arrowtown yesterday.

The gas bottle explosion that rocked central Invercargill yesterday, seriously injuring the man transporting it in his ute, is extremely rare and will take some investigating to find out why it blew up, fire experts say.

The death of a person in south Auckland yesterday is being investigated by police.

Investigators are picking through shards of glass and twisted metal to work out why a gas bottle exploded in Invercargill today, injuring two people

A male has died in a suspicious fire at a Northern Canterbury sleepout today, police say.

A boy who saved six family members in a house fire tragically died while trying to save a seventh person.

The fatal plane crash yesterday in Canterbury, which caused a fire so hot it melted the fuselage, was witnessed by glider pilot John McCaw, uncle of All Black Richie McCaw.

A Picton paraglider has been rescued after a traumatic flight carried him around 30 kilometres off course.

A 13-year-old Balclutha girl has died after a boat capsized at Surat Bay near Pounawea in South Otago this afternoon.

A truck has caught on fire in Waikato blocking part of State Highway 27.

A female pedestrian has suffered life threatening injuries after being struck by a petrol tanker in central Dunedin this morning.

One person was seriously injured when a car crashed into a powerpole in Wellington early this morning.

A pilot trapped in a crashed microlight plane in the Central North Island has been freed by rescue crews.

Eight members of a family who were injured when their van hurtled down a cliff on the Napier Taupo road last week are recovering well in hospital, a family member says.