Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been admitted to a Brisbane hospital and will have an operation today.

Patients are being treated in the corridors of North Shore Hospital's A&E because of overcrowding due to winter illnesses.

Sandy Adams kissed Skye goodbye and the child let out her typical high-pitched giggle. It was the last time she saw her 'little button' alive.

The two police officers who were shot in Christchurch on Tuesday morning have been released from hospital and are recovering with their families.

The flying instructor badly injured in Monday's plane crash near Palmerston North has shown promising signs of recovery.

South African tourist Tayla Storm has lost her battle against a deadly bug that struck her down on her first overseas trip.

The mother of a teenager who was found on fire outside his Tauranga home is desperate for answers.

A South African tourist who came to NZ to visit family is lying near death in hospital, after suffering a rare reaction to a common infection.