A 17-year-old was knocked unconscious before being stabbed multiple times in the neck, arms and torso in a suspected gang incident in Porirua last night, police say.

A 25-year-old man has fallen 50 metres onto rocks in a paragliding accident at an Auckland beach.

A 27-year-old woman is fighting for her life in Christchurch Hospital after falling from a moving vehicle early this morning.

An Auckland teenager has died of injuries he suffered in a suspected assault at a school rugby training session early this evening.

Work is underway to prevent today's predicted heavy rain causing further damage at a Wellington landslip which forced eight households to evacuate.

Residents affected by Wellington's landslip won't get a quick answer on when they can return home, experts say.

A teenage girl has died and several others have been seriously burned by a fire in a Rotorua industrial building where police had earlier shut down a party.

Another big chunk of the hillside which collapsed in Wellington this morning could break off at any minute, Wellington City Council warns.

Survival rates for cardiac arrest, strokes and trauma victims are among the medical records that the new St John boss wants hospitals to provide in order to improve patient care.

A man who was forced to drive his mother to hospital after an ambulance didn't turn up, says she bore the brunt of a failed trial.

A Christchurch man who suffered fatal injuries when the disk grinder he was using sliced into his chest has been named.

Drivers returning home from the Easter break can expect a long, slow drive on congested, wet roads in many parts of the country.

An Auckland man who gave CPR to a toddler found face down in a hot pool has played down his actions.

A Rotorua man who was on the scene within seconds of a road worker being shot dead near Tokoroa says the victim was found with a hole in his head.

The family of a roadworker gunned down on an isolated South Waikato road were last night grieving for a cheeky, lovely and gentle man.

Police investigating the fatal shooting of road worker George Taiaroa near Tokoroa yesterday say no one heard gun shots.

A man has been shot and killed this afternoon in a forestry area at Kinleith, near Tokoroa, with police launching a homicide inquiry.

An elderly woman was seriously injured in a three-car crash which closed northbound traffic on State Highway 2 between Wellington and Lower Hutt.

Police trying to piece together the last known movements of a Tauranga man have received another confirmed sighting.