Choking on a Crunchie bar is what caused a car to plunge 35 metres in to Waipunga Stream.

A Kaitaia man who allegedly led police on a 55km chase, in which beer bottles were thrown from the car at the pursuing patrol car

Measures to preserve the natural environment on East Clive beach are being applauded by the community. Yesterday the Hawke's Bay

Fears today's storm will hamper clean-up efforts in regions devastated by this week's earthquake.

The jury returned its verdicts yesterday in the trial of two men accused of murdering Craig Rippon. In the High Court at Whanganui

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a car just north of Te Aroha this afternoon.

KiwiRail is reportedly looking into whether it can ferry people and freight from Wellington to Lyttelton.

Wellington retailers are likely to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of the earthquakes and terrible weather.

Quake-ravaged regions are bracing for a fresh weather onslaught with heavy rain and bitterly cold gales set to batter central New Zealand in the next 48 hours.

A woman was freed after the car she was in plunged 35m into a river on State Highway 5 yesterday afternoon. Fire fighters had to

Civil Defence said the national support effort will continue tomorrow following Monday morning's 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura.

A woman whose car has gone into a Hastings river is not injured or in trouble, but is still in her car.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A mother was subject to domestic violence for 15 years before she sought support from the Women's Refuge and fled her abusive husband. "My

Preliminary modelling suggests that the earthquake was caused by a rupture of a northeast-striking fault t, but this may be a more complex event.

Two men who showed every sign of intending to rob a Kaitaia service station in the early hours of Thursday morning were spectacularly

Police are yet to name a 65-year-old man who died in a four-vehicle crash near Mata on Sunday afternoon. The collision occurred on

Time stood still for the Taradale Memorial Clock Tower on Monday morning, just minutes after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit, with

Government forces including transport ship Canterbury will be mobilised to get about 1000 tourists out of earthquake hit Kaikoura.

Anyone with damage should lodge claims with the Earthquake Commission within three months.

The capital is in shutdown after the deadly earthquake overnight.

A volunteer Wairoa firefighter who was called out to help fight several scrub fires early on Saturday returned to the station just

Two people have died and several people suffered non-fatal heart attacks following the main 7.5 magnitude earthquake in North Canterbury.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

A person is in a moderate to serious condition after a gnarly car crash in Auckland.

A series of land slips forced residents to evacuate their homes as the capital was lashed by wild weather yesterday.

At least five homes have been evacuated and a main road has been closed after wild weather struck in the Wellington region.

As his frustration grew, Dustin La Mont went to ever more extreme measures to tackle his noisy neighbours.

The wet and windy spring weather looks set to continue but the warm summery temperatures are coming to an end this weekend.