They were partying, working, sleeping - then came 90 minutes of terror they will never forget. This is their story.

Organisers of the country's largest motorway closure are praying they have scared enough Aucklanders off the roads this weekend to avoid the city grinding to a halt.

Police have been cleared of any wrongdoing over the death of a 22-year-old motorcyclist after a pursuit last year, the IPCA has found.

Two innocent people were killed after a car involved in a police chase ran a red light.

Two people are dead after a car smash involving a car being chased by police.

Two boys are in hospital with serious injuries after a police chase.

A police dive squad is again scouring the Waimata River as the search for missing four-year-old Gisborne boy Lucas Ward enters its third day.

The frantic mother of a Gisborne preschooler was last night clinging to the hope her boy is alive, more than 40 hours after he vanished.

Gisborne residents are being urged to search their properties for Lucas Ward, 4.

The police dive squad is searching a Gisborne river close to the home where a four-year-old boy disappeared yesterday.

Lucas Ward's family 'just turned around and he wasn't there', police say. Photo / NZPA

A truck and trailer unit carrying chemicals and general goods has rolled and blocked southland lanes on State Highway 1.

The 18-year-old who fell from a central Auckland car parking building denies she had taken Ecstasy.

Euthanasia advocates say lawmakers need to address the issue of terminally ill people who try to take their own life.