Animal rights activist survives accident, dog hurt
RAV4 flips three times before crashing through a fence and landing in a paddock.
RAV4 flips three times before crashing through a fence and landing in a paddock.
"It's our lifework too, to care for animals in any situation."
Police are seeking information as they continue to investigate the two fires.
Another 450 people are ready to evacuate with fears the wind will pick up tomorrow.
Rain in the Nelson region is unlikely as firefighters work furiously to control the fires.
A second fire has broken out in Walter's Bluff, in Nelson.
Yesterday the 1900-hectare fire was reduced by 300-hectares.
Wakefield residents have been warned they may need to flee during the night.
The truck is blocking part of a main road.
The boy had been reported missing yesterday afternoon from his home near Brydone.
The incidents were at Maraetai Beach and Mathesons Bay in Leigh.
The man had gone on a four-day tramping trip on January 31 and was due home on Sunday.
The 29-year-old man is appearing in North Shore District Court today.
The crash is at the intersection of Newtons Rd and Dawsons Rd at 10.17am.
Cordons have been set up around the area.
Katherine Clarke was killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps, near Courmayeur.
Emergency services responding to reports of swimmers in trouble
Police say the two men are known to each other.
One person has died after a motorcycle and car collided.
After dropping her eftpos card at a KFC drive-through, a woman accidentally hit the accelerator and crashed her car. / Sam Sword
Horrific scenes as car 'rammed' into people at party. / Jason Oxenham
It is understood the driver left the scene shortly after the "horrific" incident.
Six injured after an "out of control" car rammed into partygoers and a fight ensued.
Six people were injured after a collision with a car outside a party in Glen Eden.
Officials are fearing totals of up to two metres of rainfall.
A third of all helicopter rescues in Auckland were carried out on the idyllic island.
Police confirmed a third death tonight, in a black day around the country.
The quad bike is understood to have rolled on its driver.