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.

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

A male police officer was allegedly bitten by a drunk woman as he took her to the police station, leaving him requiring medical attention.

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.

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.

Police are hunting an arsonist after a fire gutted a childcare centre in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn yesterday.

About 45 firefighters battled a "major" blaze at a childcare centre in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn.

Phillip Bannan bought three bottles of wine and - after several afternoon drinks - decided to drive 87km from Akaroa to Christchurch.

A massive blaze at the building of a Wellington film effects studio linked to Sir Peter Jackson's movies took three hours to put out.

An unlicensed drink driver who fled police and ran a red light before crashing into a car, killing two, has pleaded guilty to their manslaughter.