A man aged in his twenties died after being stabbed in the chest in Manukau City last night.

Firefighters have warned of the dangers of "fire safe" clothing labels following the deaths of two men.

A hotelier who was doused with petrol during a robbery was lucky to escape with his life as the building was gutted by fire.

Howard Broad says his proudest achievements have been a roll out of tasers and boosting staff numbers in Counties Manukau.

Police say they have yet to discover the name and age of a man whose dead body was found by a street cleaner in Hamilton on Sunday morning.

Students at the St Kentigern College after-ball party were treated by paramedics after becoming ill from drinking large quantities of Red Bull.

The driver of a car that smashed into a house left behind dead and dying friends to escape with those he was racing against just seconds before.

A bomb that forced the evacuation of more than 100 people from their homes sat in its owner's underwear drawer for three years before he decided to get rid of it.

Barely a day after the end of a Queen's Birthday weekend with the lowest road toll in 54 years, two people - one a 3-year-old boy - died in separate crashes.

A child has been killed in a bus crash near the Northland town of Kaeo and another person has died after a crash in Canterbury late today.