A body has been pulled from the water after a light plane crashed into the ocean near Orewa Beach, north of Auckland. Pieces of the wreckage are washing up on the beach.

Jacob Beck-Jaffurs, who was in his final year of medical school, has died after a spear-fishing trip near Tauranga.

One Canadian tourist is dead and another seriously injured after a car and truck collided near Hamilton today.

A heavily armed police officer stormed a swimming club in the middle of a race last night - making children stand against a wall.

Blogger Peter Hyde says there are now three cities within earthquake-hit Christchurch, and one of them - where many people live - is being neglected by the media.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating the cause of a helicopter crash which left a pilot with head injuries after it came down north of Levin this morning.

The police officer who misled officials over the number of unresolved child abuse cases in the Wairarapa has since been promoted.

A man shot during an armed confrontation on an Auckland motorway early in 2009 says he's been made to feel like a witness rather than a victim.

The IPCA has released the second part of its report into the handling of child abuse cases by police.

A quiet ride for Claire van Schaik ended with her lying in agony on the road with a set of handlebars embedded 10cm into her stomach.

A plane carrying 44 people has safely made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport, despite a nose wheel failure.