A male has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an incident on Wellington Urban Motorway's Terrace off-ramp. Police

State Highway 1 in Foxton is closed as police investigate a possible gas leak.

It was such a relief when I saw the paramedic running down the track.Alice Bradley, Paraparaumu. When Alice Bradley lay bleeding

Fire and ambulance staff were called to a laundromat in Gonville afternoon after a child became shut inside a dryer.

100+ firefighters dealing with fallen powerlines, explosive debris, wather runoff, dense smoke and unknown chemicals at a suspicious West Auckland factory blaze.

A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's ICU after a stabbing last night.

A fire in a classroom at Crawshaw School in Nawton is being treated as suspicious. Pukete station officer Shane Thomas said the fire

Police are asking motorists to avoid the intersection of Kerwyn Ave and Ra Ora Dr in East Tamaki following a crash between a car and a van.

Two young men nearly drowned after the boat they were heading out to sea in capsized and they became tangled in their nets.

A woman was lost in Wellington bush this evening after taking a nap during an afternoon walk.

A person has died after a serious crash near Warkworth, which closed State Highway 1 in both directions.

Police are still searching for Bodi McKee, 23, in connection with a fatal shooting in south Auckland yesterday.

One cow is dead after a car collided with loose cattle on a Northland road earlier tonight. A fire spokeswoman said the car involved

Emergency services are at the scene in Tokoroa where a car has hit a wall. A Fire Service shift manager said one car went into a

Invercargill police find a man with a gun in the second firearm incident in two days.

Five fire engines were sent to the scene at 11.45pm when a tallow tank caught fire at the plant on the northern outskirts of Invercargill.

Emergency services are standing down after failing to find signs of fire in a building on the Terrace in Wellington's CBD this evening.

A man is in Southland Hospital with a gunshot wound following an incident on Sunday.

A search operation was mounted after people were feared missing in a Christchurch river from a car wreck.

Seven people were rescued by helicopter this morning after their four-wheel drives became stuck in an alpine river near Mount Cook.

A man has died at a Carterton homekill business this morning after a suspected medical event.

A 34-year-old mother has been charged with murder in Australia after a toddler was found dead in a bathtub.

A Sydney man proposed to his girlfriend moments after their helicopter crashed near Queenstown this week.

Emergency services are waiting for a power authority to arrive before they can rescue a person from a car that crashed into a pole in Porirua.

Young father tells of terror as his car goes up in flames - while he was trapped in the seatbelt.

A woman who died after being hit by a car early on Sunday morning has been named by Marlborough Police.

Fire services are attending a house fire in the West Auckland suburb of Kelston.

Two trampers reported missing in the Hunua Ranges south of Auckland overnight have been found safe and well this afternoon.

One person is dead after a house fire in the Canterbury suburb of Amberly.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle early this morning on State Highway 6 between Pelorus and Havelock, Marlborough.