A replacement for outgoing Commissioner Howard Broad has been announced.

Emergency services were called to Wellington International Airport after a plane was forced to return shortly after take-off this afternoon.

Heroism probably involves an instant calculation of known risk against likely benefit.

A 124-year-old heritage building in downtown Auckland was torn down this morning after large cracks were found in its walls.

An inner city Auckland building destined to be a brothel is going to be pulled down after large cracks were found in the walls this afternoon.

The Police Minister is investigating the 111 system after a woman who called for help was later told a police car was not sent because she seemed 'relatively calm'.

His face smashed apart, an injured surfer struggled to shore ... and into hours of high-tech surgery.

The life of the party this festive season may be defibrillators.

Three teenage boys have been praised as heroes for their actions after a serious collision.

A young man is dead after his car crossed the centre line and was partially crushed under a school bus carrying 21 teenagers.

A plane that crashed near Fox Glacier, killing nine, is believed to have been over its maximum allowable weight and off-balance.

Tainui board members are deciding between former Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards or Parekawhia McLean to lead the tribe's administrative arm.