An injured hunter was winched out of the Kaimanawa Forest today after he fell and injured himself.

A woman who died in a Rotorua house fire early today would probably have been saved had the house been fitted with smoke alarms, firefighters say. Six occupants were taken to Rotorua Hospital for minor smoke inhalation. Two ambulances

The central North Island has been shaken by an earthquake this morning.

Rotorua police have charged a teenager after a woman was allegedly kidnapped in the city early today.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being rescued from a burning house in Taupo this morning.