A man is in critical condition after a two-truck crash in Palmerston North, which has closed the road as freight spilled across both lanes.

A car has slammed into a lamp post and then a tree in Mangere in South Auckland.

One person may be trapped after a car crash near Whangarei this evening. Emergency services have just arrived on the scene of the

Firefighters have cut a woman out of a car after the vehicle crashed in Whanganui.

MEAT THE MAYOR: Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless served up sausages at the waterfront on New Year's Eve. Photo/George Novak 311216gn04bop By

New Year's Eve has got off to a disastrous start to two people who were injured in a dune buggy crash in Northland this evening.

Traffic on most main highways should be easing within the next hour or so after heavy congestion yesterday and earlier today.

Party-goers who attended an unauthorised event on Lake Wanaka's Ruby Island claim safety was paramount.

Uncle tells of the moment he found his 4-year-old autistic nephew floating in his neighbour's pool.

Fire crews remained on watch last night near the remains of a forest blaze near Dunedin.

The fire on Signal Hill in Dunedin has been contained, but about 40 firefighters and three helicopters are continuing to fight the blaze.

Three young teenagers died in a high-speed car crash when their vehicle, driven by a 14-year-old, slammed into a tree.

A teen killed alongside two young friends in a "preventable" early morning crash has been remembered in an emotional tribute urging other drivers to take care.

The holiday road toll now stands at seven since Friday afternoon.

The incident in south Wairarapa. brings the holiday road toll to four.

A 4-year-old boy has drowned after being found unresponsive in a pool in the east Auckland suburb of Beachlands.

A man has been airlifted to Wellington Hospital after a violent Christmas fight between a father and son.

One person has moderate to serious injuries after a car crash in rural South Canterbury this afternoon.

Surf lifeguards say they're increasingly being asked to respond to emergencies outside their core brief, and warning that it is simply not sustainable.

Nobody has been hurt in a gas explosion in a Wellington suburb.

Screaming mother pulls up at Sydney home with dying daughter in the back seat.

Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...

Firefighters are working in warm conditions to douse the fire at Te Hauke, south of Hastings.

A chemical leak which closed part of Napier Port earlier today has now been contained.

Residents who were evacuated this afternoon have been allowed to return to their homes tonight.

A van has leaked battery acid over the Southern Motorway in Auckland.

The tight-knit family-owned workplace is today grieving for the loss of two valued colleagues and friends.

The father of George Anderson, whose body was removed from rural Hangaroa yesterday afternoon, was also a pilot.

BY Kiri GillespieA yacht has become stranded on a sandbank in Tauranga Harbour, near Pilot Bay. Photo/John Borren 121216jb04bop. A

A man and two female friends were lucky to all return to shore relatively unscathed after getting into trouble in choppy seas about a kilometre off Napier port.