Police have defended their appointment of a senior officer, the alleged subject of claims of sexual harassment, to a plum job in London.

A grieving husband wants answers on how his wife died from meningococcal disease, despite repeatedly seeking medical help.

Getting ambulances out to emergencies has created a business opportunity...

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.

Police Minister Judith Collins has told the Police Association she supports the idea of lock boxes for pistols in all police vehicles, after the July shooting of two officers in Christchurch.

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.