All the crashes which caused seven fatalities this Labour weekend were avoidable, say police.

A Hamilton man will appear on court on a firearm charge after the death of a woman near Taupo last night.

A grieving husband wants answers on how his wife died from meningococcal disease, despite repeatedly seeking medical help.

A horse kick left Mark Isaacs with 400 stitches, three steel plates screwed into his face, a broken jaw and a reconstructed eye socket.

Two people were taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a line of cars in the Auckland suburb of Greenlane this morning.

The deaths of four people in house fires across the country in the past five days could have been prevented, the Fire Service says.

Police Minister Judith Collins has told the Police Association she supports the idea of lock boxes for pistols in all police vehicles, after the July shooting of two officers in Christchurch.

Whangārei's iconic, 107-year -old ''Old Town Hall'' has been badly damaged in a fire this afternoon. Video / Twitter / @instrum3nt / @Kar3nlj / We Are Whangarei / @soccer.dude1

Two young brothers are being hailed as heroes after they rescued their dad from a DIY disaster.

Three children critically hurt in a crash in Kawerau today were not wearing seat belts, police say.

Two teenagers are seriously ill in Middlemore Hospital with extensive burns after a gas cylinder is thought to have exploded in their faces.