A man who tried to revive a toddler drowned in a rubbish bin full of rainwater says he'll "live with it for the rest of my life". The toddler drowned while his mother was in the toilet.

A missing diver ended up getting lost and spending a cold night hunkering down on a rocky hillside....

Police say the fact that its Tasers have failed a third of the time they've been fired is not surprising.

A diving course came to a tragic end after two people failed to surface and a third was hospitalised.

An investigation has been launched after an abseiling window cleaner plunged five storeys onto a parked car.

A youth killed in a landslide near Whakatane on Saturday was looking forward to becoming father in September.

A tornado, floods and king tides wreaked havoc across the country yesterday.

The foster father of a teenager killed in yesterday's Ohope landslip tried desperately to save him.

A woman was killed and six men left with injuries similar to those sustained by "landmine" victims while inspecting work on a water pipe in Auckland's Onehunga yesterday.