A woman has been charged with murder.

He was 45-year-old Pehekino John Bennett-Te Huia of Taupō.

The vehicle lost control and crashed in flames, killing all three occupants.

One person died at Middlemore Hospital overnight from their injuries.

Four men charged in relation to Northland cannabis bust appear in court.

A woman who is deaf has been reported missing in the Onehunga area.

An Oranga Tamariki spokesperson said they knew some people found the video "disturbing".

Police urge drivers to call *555 if they witness any dangerous driving.

The 56-year-old Bay of Plenty man was visiting family in Wellington when he died.

A man who failed to resurface at a swimming hole has not yet been found.

Visitor hospitalised after vicious attack.

Rescue helicopter from Wellington has taken one person to Nelson Hospital.

Police responding to emergency incident at Karekare in West Auckland.

Driver and a front-seat passenger transported to Dunedin and Invercargill for treatment.

Two adults giggle as they pour vodka into baby's mouth.

Police believe it is that of the 23-year-old man who failed to surface yesterday.

US citizen on the scene praised NZ police, saying the man would have been shot in the US.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Bank Street just after 6am.

The police have arrested a man in relation to the incident on Hulse Ave.

Emergency services are responding to the incident on the motorway currently.

One person has died in a car crash in the Waikato this morning.

They say they're flatmates. Work and Income says they're lovers. Now they owe $150k.

Landowner told block of land would be used to grow produce to supply restaurants.

The official death toll now stands at 20 people.

Arapeta Hiraka will serve the sentence in full without parole.

Meliame Fisi'ihoi, 57, died in what is believed to have been a case of mistaken identity.

The Serious Crash Unit attended the scene and the road was reopened about 6.50pm.

The occupants of the vehicle fled the scene and are yet to be found.