Kevan Old says every volunteer fire-fighter should be recognised for their commitment to helping others.

The fire service was called to the scene of a suspected gas leak at the Picton ferry terminal last night.

A man has been stabbed in Manurewa today following an argument between two men on the street.

Wellington's wild weather has claimed the life of an elderly man, whose car became submerged as raging floodwaters rose across the area.

Two people have died in a crash on a Christchurch motorway this evening.

An 11-month-old girl is fighting for her life after being run over by a small truck in a Paeroa driveway this afternoon.

Police are hoping to remove the remains of a body from a burnt out car near Nelson today.

Police are calling for sightings of a car as an investigations into a body found in a burnt out vehicle near Nelson continue.

A 20-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition after sustaining burns while adding petrol to a fire last night, a Waikato Hospital representative said.

A trapped tramper was winched to safety after spending the night on a rock ledge as wild seas surged around him.

A former top bodybuilder has died suddenly while on holiday with her family.

A young man who apparently drank too much at a party fell up to 15m down a Waikato River bank after going outside to be sick.

Utah couple Tammy and Richard Barnett were on “the trip of a lifetime to New Zealand” before yesterday’s fatal crash, family say.

A family's last swim of their summer holiday nearly turned to tragedy when their 5-year-old daughter passed out in the sea.

A 20 year-old recycling truck driver who was critically injured in an accident yesterday has died this afternoon.

A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a reversing vehicle at a road works site in Meremere this morning.

A 20-year-old driver who got caught in the operating unit of a recycling truck today is recovering after coming out of surgery.