Eight elderly people who were injured when their van rolled in Northland have been discharged from hospital tonight. An elderly woman was killed in the crash.

The firefighter who suffered smoke inhalation while battling a large blaze in Mt Eden has been admitted to hospital overnight. (+video).

Police are investigating the death of a five-month-old baby girl in Hamilton yesterday.

A woman who died when she was hit by a train today near Ashburton had been the subject of a police pursuit earlier this morning.

Three couples have been injured in a head-on crash on the Coromandel Peninsula this afternoon, one seriously.

A farmer who was pinned against a fence and "mauled" by two cows while trying to separate calves on Waiheke Island yesterday spent the night in hospital.

A car that crashed in Auckland early today was jammed with nine teenagers, including one in the boot. Police believed the teenagers were heading from a party on the Shore to the city.