A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Choppy conditions face searchers looking for three people missing after a fishing charter trip turned to tragedy on the Kaipara Harbour yesterday.

A woman was thrown from the back of a 4WD ute when it rolled on an Auckland beach.

A baby girl who fell about half a metre onto her head was flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital after she was rendered unconscious for a short period.

A new charity event in Auckland is the first of its kind in the world.

A woman was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after falling down stairs near Auckland yesterday.

Teen flown to hospital after quadbike hits a sheep.

Sir Peter Leitch will be given a dressing down for charity.

A teenager is in a serious condition after suffering a spinal injury when he was head tackled during a rugby game in Thames.

A rescue service is set to benefit from the divot-stomping and champagne sipping at the annual Land Rover New Zealand Polo Open next month.

Hundreds of bottles of beer were left broken and strewn across State Highway 25 south of Auckland after a truck and car collided, injuring three people, early today.

A young boy was airlifted to hospital after falling from a jungle gym at a Waikato school yesterday.

A teenage tramper was winched to safety in high winds at Raglan's Mt Karioi yesterday afternoon.

A woman in her 60s who fell and injured her ankle has been rescued from the Waitakeres using an 80 foot winch.

A female in her late teens was the sole occupant of a car which left the road and crashed down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.

An abandoned yacht is still transmitting its position at sea in the Bay of Plenty after a dramatic helicopter rescue in which its two crew were winched to safety.

A man has been taken to hospital after a hammer dropped from more than 3m onto his head.

A teenage driver who careered off a cliff in his car says he owes his life to the family he narrowly missed on the rocks below.

A woman who watched in horror as a car careered over a cliff, just missing her two grandchildren below, says she would like to visit the crash victim in hospital.

A teenager was airlifted to hospital after his car plunged 15m down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.

The name of an Australian woman who died after suffering head injuries in a fall on to rocks has been released.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after hurting his back sliding down sand dunes at a West Auckland beach today.

Critically injured Auckland patients have a better chance of survival on their way to the hospital with rescue helicopters in the city now carrying blood for emergency transfusions.

A man's jaw was broken when he was struck in the face with a golf ball during Labour weekend.

A man has been seriously injured after a piece of machinery fell out of the back of a ute, crushing him underneath it.

A man has been taken to Auckland Hospital after an altercation with a stingray this morning.

Shane Andrews was riding to work across a bridge when a driver distracted by the swollen Waimakariri River crossed the centre line and knocked him into the river.

Greg Brownson gets up at 5.30am every day for a 7 o'clock start. His helicopters save four people a day on average and he loves his job.

In the aftermath of a violent head-on smash, with her youngest child screaming for "mummy", Debbie Bell looked at her legs and knew she was in trouble.