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.

Lying upside down with her scalp gashed open and an arm pinned under her friend's car, 15-year-old Zoe Hendriks came within minutes of not getting the help she so seriously needed.

A 22-year-old is charged with stealing an ambulance he had called for his friend, who had fractured his skull and vertebrae after falling 4m onto concrete.

A CYF supervisor says an oversight meant a parental assessment was not carried out for a baby boy who was returned to his parents and allegedly drowned by his mother.

A police car and a truck collided in one of several serious incidents on North Island roads yesterday that left one person dead.

Two police officers were last night in hospital after their patrol car and a truck collided in one of several serious incidents on North Island roads yesterday that left one person dead.

A North Shore 18-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling multiple storeys from a carpark building during a night of drinking and taking Ecstasy.

A 63-year-old council contractor survived a 40m plunge down a sheer rock face from the peak of Mt Maunganui.

The organisation behind the biggest-spending public servant says his $100 lunches were necessary.

Public servants have been told to cut back on expenses after some $875,000 was spent by chief executives between July 2008 and June 2010.

A man, believed to be wanted 32-year-old fugitive Daniel Vae, is one of two in custody after an armed police callout in the Auckland suburb of Glenfield today.

Two people have been charged with assault after a man was fatally struck by a car during a street brawl in south Auckland early this morning.

Five people were killed and two more are fighting for their lives after a string of road accidents yesterday.

Cold, icy conditions may have been a factor in a crash between a car and a truck between Waiouru and Rangipo this morning, which killed two men.

Police ordered a family from their Auckland home before breaking windows and firing tear gas inside in an effort to catch a P-addict fugitive - who remains at large.