CTV: 'No confusion' over leadership
A Fire Service has disagreed strongly with some earlier witnesses at the CTV inquest that there was confusion over leadership on February 22 last year.
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Fatal fall inside university building
A man in his twenties is dead after falling six stories onto the crowded floor of the Owen Glenn Building at Auckland University.
Gas canisters found near body
Police are trying to establish whether the death of a man whose body was found in Dunedin's Botanic Gardens today is the latest in a spate of "huffing" deaths.
21 in hospital after spill
21 people have been taken to hospital following a chemical spill at a tanning factory in Wanganui, two in critical condition.
CTV: Emotional u-turn failed to pay off
Search and rescue units were told to stop scouring the collapsed CTV Building's rubble for survivors within 24 hours of it coming down.
Dad pleads for no more violence
The family of bashed Martinborough man Peter Fisher have made a plea to locals not to take matters into their own hands.
CTV site was 'chaos' after collapse
A coroner's inquest today heard from a senior search and rescue expert who described the "chaos" at the disaster site when he arrived two hours after the building's collapse.
CTV inquest: 'No one was listening'
The inquest into the CTV deaths has heard of frustrations caused by delays and chaos in the hours after the catastrophe.
Fireman fights for life after assault
A Martinborough volunteer firefighter is in intensive care battling for his life after going to the aid of a group of young women.
Explosion victim 'doing really well'
A Papamoa man who was caught in a massive chip-heater hot-water tank explosion has emerged from a coma and is "doing really well" says his wife.
'Violent explosion' in Papamoa house
A man is in hospital with serious injuries after a over-heated chip heater exploded and destroyed the kitchen of a family home in Papamoa last night.
Milford boulders set for blasts
Engineers will today pack explosives into huge boulders that have closed Milford Rd in Fiordland, as residents face their fifth day cut off.
MetService too slow: rival
An independent weatherman has hit out at the MetService, claiming it was too slow to issue a severe weather warning for Auckland at the weekend.
Killer's name could remain hidden
A 29-year-old farmhand has today pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in July - but the man and his victim's identities remain suppressed.
Foot chopped off in port accident
The severed foot of a man involved in a grisly accident at the Port of Tauranga this morning was transferred with him to hospital.
Locals pitch in to help fight fire
About 20 Hawkes Bay residents fought an out of control fire with spades and chilly bins of water near Mahia Beach yesterday.
Ex-MP in kayak rescue
An ex-MP was kayaking with a group on Wellington's harbour this morning when large swells tipped several into the water.