A 48-year-old farmer has died after being trapped under a tree near the Waikato town of Otorohanga.

Onehunga blast victim, Ian Winson spoke publicly today for the first time since the June explosion that took his legs.

Ramon Milner slept through his alarm yesterday morning - and the lie-in could have saved his life.

A woman was killed and six men left with injuries similar to those sustained by "landmine" victims while inspecting work on a water pipe in Auckland's Onehunga yesterday.

Images from the scene of a fatal explosion on a construction site near Mt Smart and Victoria Roads, Onehunga.