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.

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.

Three Dunedin police officers were injured in an attack last night, the second such incident in 24 hours.

The summer of 2011 was already going to go down in Queensland's history for all the wrong reasons.

Cyclone Yasi, despite causing massive damage, did not leave anyone dead or seriously injured.

Cyclone Yasi is building as a storm of unprecedented ferocity - the likes of which hasn't been seen since 1918 - and already it is lashing the Queensland coast.

Get out now. Don't bother to pack your bags. Just gather your family and leave. That's the grave directive Premier Anna Bligh has made to people in low-lying parts of north Queensland under direct threat from monster Cyclone Yasi.

'The most serious cyclone you can have' is how Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is describing the storm set to ravage the state tonight. The storm has been upgraded to a Category Five cyclone - the most severe level imaginable.