A man who allegedly held a gun and knife at staff of a church close to a daycare centre had previously sent two angry emails to the church.

Police have all but ruled out foul play over the death of a woman whose body was found at a house south of Auckland yesterday.

A small community is reeling from the death of a popular teacher and new father mown down by a 70-year-old allegedly "blotto" from drink.

An Auckland student missing after falling through an ice shelf on a South Island mountain is named.

A St John investigation has found insufficient training of call staff in its swine flu pandemic protocols was a key factor in ambulance response delays.

The search for teh missing 19-year-old skier in the Southern Alps has been called off.

Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.

An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.

St John is investigating whether slow response times contributed to the deaths of three patients.

An Auckland bus driver is reunited with a group of students who rescued him during a vicious bashing.

Driver thankful for intervention by schoolchildren.

An 18-year-old woman charged over a premature baby's death is subject to a 24 hour curfew until her next court appearance.