A new group of Fijian islands are in the firing line of Cyclone Tomas' fury this morning.

Emergency services were scrambled after an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney carrying 99 passengers and eight crew was diverted to land at Auckland late last night.

When his wife had a heart attack in the car beside him John Miles ran for help, praying for a miracle.

The mother of a baby girl who died after being found face down in a bath was regularly visited by Child Youth and Family.

The body of a middle-aged man without a lifejacket was found floating in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour yesterday, renewing safety calls.

The devastated parents of a young woman who died suddenly during a touch rugby game tell of desperate attempts to revive her in front of her family and fiance.

Detectives are hunting for a mystery vehicle which left the scene of a horror car crash in Canterbury and claimed the life of a popular university lecturer.

New Zealand's tsunami alert has been cancelled but people in coastal areas of the country are still advised to take caution.

Hundreds of New Zealanders who raced to beaches to watch a potentially catastrophic tsunami were 'stupid', says Civil Defence Minister John Carter.

Up to $50m of yearly government subsidies to Telecom could be up for review if this morning's 111 outage is found to amount to a substandard service.

Two men who suffered brain injuries after falling 60m from Lion Rock had been drinking alcohol, police say.

St John Ambulance launch an internal investigation into why it took staff 22 minutes to reach a dying man in Taupo.

A major fire near Dunedin is continuing its destructive path through a large forestry plantation.