A West Auckland police station is on lockdown after a member of the public brought in an unknown object that he'd dug up in his garden.

A German tourist who was shot while hunting near Gisborne on Christmas Eve has been transferred to Auckland Hospital's critical care department.

A drunk driver who fled the scene of an early morning crash in Waikato could be seriously injured and police are "seriously concerned" about his whereabouts.

A police car was rammed by a driver in a stolen truck, who then escaped by driving the wrong way along the Auckland motorway overnight.

A German couple beaten and robbed in their tent in Whakatane early this morning have received an "overwhelming'' number of offers of help.

The two killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby appeared intent on removing his organs during a frenzied knife attack, witnesses told the Old Bailey yesterday.

Two teenagers are still fighting for their lives after they were struck by vehicles in separate incidents around Rotorua yesterday.

The owners of a Picton house hit by a landslip yesterday have been told the property is temporarily unfit to live in.

Residents of a Picton house escaped injury today when a landslip hit their home and broke through a wall, as torrential rain lashed central New Zealand today.

A 55-year-old man has died in a motorbike accident on the Haast Pass this afternoon, the second motorcyclist death this week on the same stretch of highway.

A light plane crashed on Kumara Beach, near Hokitika, this afternoon but the pilot walked away.

A pilot has been forced to make a hasty landing after colliding with a cow at a rural airstrip this morning.

A historic piece of World War I memorabilia was blown up after an ambulance call-out went wrong in Manawatu this week.

A man is dead after being involved in an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property yesterday.