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.

Injured motorcyclists were airlifted to hospitals in two separate incidents in the lower North Island today.

North Shore Hospital has apologised for leaving an elderly heart patient in the emergency department for five hours between doctor consultations.

A man who killed himself in police custody could have been saved if police had followed proper procedures, the IPCA finds.

An ambulance answering an emergency call and another vehicle collided in last night, causing a rush-hour traffic snarl-up.