Emergency services are in attendance at an airfield in Manawatu.

An American tourist was hit and killed by a truck in Tauranga after booking a cycling tour while visiting the city on the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice.

A woman and her son-in-law have told of the "horrific" moment a day out with family turned into a near-death experience.

A van had flipped on its roof, a police spokeswoman said.

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

Emergency services are at the scene of a one car crash at the intersection of Waikite Valley Rd and SH5, south of Rotorua.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has been accused of vilifying a Geonet scientist who spoke out about the need for a better tsunami warning system in New Zealand.

Emergency services say a crash on Redoubt Rd in South Auckland could cause delays for commuters.

An elderly woman and her son-in-law were close to death when a tree fell in Cornwall Park, an off-duty cop says.

The family of an 11-year-old who was critically injured in a horror crash in Ngaruawahia had to turn off his life-support.

A 9-year-old boy in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is one of seven young people hurt in a car crash in Ngaruawahia last night.

A man suffered serious head injuries after crashing into a power pole in Waiuku, and three others were injured in a Glenn Innes crash.

A van fleeing police has crashed into a bus, which was carrying passengers, on Khyber Pass Rd in Auckland.

The capital is coming to terms with the financial impact of the week's devastating earthquakes.

A string of motorists is stranded on State Highway 2 as authorities across the Wellington region prepare for evacuations.

Tourism leaders fear the image of New Zealand as a destination will be harmed by the earthquakes.

There are reports that a floor in Statistics House has pancaked onto the one below. Staff won't be returning for up to a year.

Little crime in Kaikoura overnight, but police now gearing up for traffic issues further north as weather worsens.

Two men armed with guns who tried to rob a shop were chased from the scene by a woman wielding a broom handle.

A 100-year-old woman pulled alive from the rubble of her farmhouse had lived on the homestead for 64 years. Margaret Edgar was asleep

Government forces including transport ship Canterbury will be mobilised to get about 1000 tourists out of earthquake hit Kaikoura.

The 111 emergency line service wasn't switched over when the Spark office, where the calls are handled, was evacuated.

A search is underway for six kayakers after kayaks and other gear was found abandoned on the flooded Clarence River just before 5pm. A

People forced out of their homes and hotels in Wellington following this morning's severe 7.5 earthquake have all found somewhere to go.

Images are starting to come out of Kaikoura where widespread damage and one death has occurred.

The dog was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Saturday morning after going over the top of the hill on Tuesday.

A man is dead after an incident in Whanganui.

Some of the victims of the Croydon tram disaster were decapitated, say witnesses.

Emergency services confirm an elderly man who fell into a causeway has died.

A truck carrying an estimated 5700 litres of bitumen crashed between Feilding and Halcombe this morning.