An 18-year-old was left with multiple fractures to his legs when he was hit by a car while crossing a pedestrian crossing in Porirua yesterday.

A police dog is undergoing surgery after a man slashed her nose with a knife, before armed officers used a taser to subdue him.

A teenager who had to take control of a truck after a freak incident left the driver, her uncle, mortally injured, has been praised.

Tsunami warnings look to be cancelled as beach-goers who waited all day outside the water start heading home.

Paua fishermen are diving back into the seas and surfers are out to catch waves even as tsunami warnings stay in place.

A truck driver was killed this morning in what police have called a 'freak accident.'

A 14-year-old youth will appear in court charged with arson after a huge fire north of Wellington forced over a hundred people to evacuate their homes.