A 15-year-old's quick reactions and CPR expertise ensured a happy ending to a cardiac emergency.

A police officer knocked unconscious at a call-out last night has barely any memory of the attack, say police.

Police have named the motorcyclist who died when his bike collided with a patrol car which was doing a U-turn at the time.

Police are investigating after a body was found near Te Urewera National Park.

Police have lifted a cordon set after a bomb threat was made against a central Auckland bank today.

More than half of the people injured in house fires went back into their burning home to fight the blaze or grab possessions.

A freak accident that left a bike brake lever embedded in a mountainbiker's hand had hospital staff running - for their cameras.

The grieving families of two teenage boys killed in separate crashes have spoken of their loss.

A quick-thinking hero who pulled a driver from a fiery crash which claimed the lives of two people, including a baby, said the man stank of alcohol and didn't know what day it was.

Several sheets of glass fell on men unloading a shipping container, one breaking and causing fatal wounds to a worker yesterday, police say.

Two double-fatalities and the death of a baby pushed the Easter road toll to nine last night.

Easter fatalities have doubled in a matter of hours and surpassed last year's road toll, with the holiday period ending at 6am on Tuesday.

The death of a 15-month-old girl crushed by a falling brick wall is a warning to all about the risks of old structures, says the local council.

Desperate family members were unable to revive a 17-month-old girl who was crushed when a brick wall collapsed on her yesterday.

Police have named the toddler who was crushed by a brick wall in west Auckland today.