Taxi driver thought he was going to die when young man robbed him gunpoint.

A group of hunters have been spoken to by police, and they are seeking another group of hunters believed to have been in the area at the time.

One person was taken to Waikato Hospital in serious condition and another person was taken in moderate condition, a St John Ambulance spokeswoman said.

Family devastated after their new house burns down just a week after they moved it onto their land.

Tributes to "brave" and "inspiring" man who died after suffering a head injury during a half marathon.

Six people were injured, two critically, in a head-on crash this afternoon.

Staff member from prestigious private girls' school hit in the face by shards of rock after shots fired.

One person is dead after a crash between a car and truck in the Dome Valley.

Vehicle swerved to miss a school bus before colliding with another vehicle, police say.

A 20-metre fishing boat ran aground 30km off Whitianga on the southern end of Red Mercury Island.

Barry and Kristin Loggenberg ran from their vehicle to help after coming across crumpled wreck.

A skipper has been fined and received a formal warning after his boat capsized leaving him and his two passengers floating in the water.

Police confirm the Southern Motorway is now open following a crash which earlier closed two southbound lanes.

Woman knocked off her scooter by a car leaving a driveway.

An eye witness has described watching as a stolen car fleeing from police lost control, became airborne and smashed into a Hamilton house.

Police said one passenger has a chest injury and was being treated by ambulance in Napier.

Police divers have recovered the body of a man whose car plunged into the Waikato River yesterday.

A person has been flown to hospital with serious abdominal injuries after a head on collision in the East Cape area this morning.

Police are monitoring a group who claim to be setting up a Daktory in Whangarei - a paid club where members congregate to openly smoke cannabis.

Five logging truck crashes in less than a month across Northland deemed "totally unacceptable and intolerable", says transport industry leader.

Fergus Glen was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his brother Craig in 2003 after a long-term feud between the pair.

Two teenagers and one man have been arrested following an incident during which a police dog was kicked and an officer assaulted.

An American woman lost in the New Zealand bush for four freezing nights with her "most remarkable" mother credits her with saving her life.

The American mother and daughter lost in the bush for four days spelled out the word "help" in a bush clearing.

A mother and daughter who became lost in a North Island bush had to huddle together for warmth and ration their supplies after the terrain became impenetrable.

The car driven by a mother and daughter missing since Wednesday has been found at an entrance to a hiking track in the Tararua range.

First it was White Island's crater lake that was making scientists sit up - and now it is the one atop Mt Ruapehu.

Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

The trial of Kamal Reddy has heard that cash was being withdrawn from a woman's account after she had disappeared.

Lifeguards made 581 rescues at beaches between Ahipara in the Far North and Raglan in the Waikato this summer.