Police are expected to this afternoon reveal details of why a diver reported to a Hawkes Bay police station after an extensive two-day search for him near Porirua.

The diver missing for two days near Titahi Bay has been found - after walking into a police station in Hawke's Bay.

The search for a paua diver missing at Titahi Bay in Porirua resumed at first light today.

'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.

Police have named the paua diver missing in Titahi Bay in Porirua, who they believe may still be alive.

Police say a paua diver missing in Titahi Bay in Porirua may still be alive.

More than 40 people are searching for a diver missing near Titahi Bay, Porirua, since last night.

A 10-year-old Hamilton girl has died after cycling down a flight of stairs. The girl had been cycling to the dairy with her aunty and cousin when the accident happened.

Both of the men missing after their small boat capsized off Wellington's south coast last night have been found alive.

A would-be robber fled empty-handed after an attempted aggravated robbery at a Wellington Post Shop today.

Christchurch's Boxing Day aftershocks and the recent wet weather have seen more than 1000 claims lodged with the Earthquake Commission.

Police are looking for two men who held up a dairy with an axe in Wellington this afternoon.

Police and the Fire Service are investigating a fire which gutted a high school gymnasium in the Wellington suburb of Rongotai this morning.

Police have urged motorists travelling north from Wellington to exercise patience in 'extremely heavy' traffic today. Two people have so far been killed on NZ's roads since the official start of the holiday road toll period.