More than $14 million has been issued in fines since it became illegal.

The explosion destroyed one house on Marble Court, in the suburb of Northwood.

The sudden death was classified as a medical event and the coroner is now investigating.

A pontoon was pinched on Waiheke Island in broad daylight.

A Mangawhai man was badly beaten during a brutal home invasion.

Witness reports huge bang, driver pulled from car

Another person has been moderately injured in the incident at 3:30pm today near Raglan.

Two crashes involving three cars keep emergency services in the Waikato busy.

Three people have been hurt in the crash, one critically.

She has been missing since Monday.

A house was destroyed and six people injured in a blast that was felt across the city.

The officer appeared in the Auckland District Court today. He remains on active duty.

The office area, personnel and equipment are being decontaminated.

"We are lucky that we are not looking at multiple fatalities here," fire chief says.

Police were 'taking advantage' of a naive public to catch them out.

"You don't expect it to happen in St Heliers on a Sunday afternoon do you?"

Stian Solberg was last seen on July 7 at home in Huntly.

Police have to come from Dunedin or Invercargill to interview complainants.

Police hope modern technology can help catch a killer who has long evaded justice.

MetService recorded the temperature in Rotorua to be 9.9C this afternoon.

A large number of emergency services have been seen in the area.

Hemi Taylor fired his gun, sending Onekawa into lockdown, then emerged carrying a baby.

Vector crews working to isolate damaged network after being given access to crash site.

FENZ were the first on the scene and prepared a landing area for the helicopter.

Armed police are stationed on Waihi Rd. "It's very, very quiet, which is quite eerie."

The one-vehicle crash happened heading south near Papakura.

No charges in Auckland toddler death case but police say they are still hunting killer.