New ZealandHead boy rescues girl from flooded riverWhen Marlborough Boys' College head boy Angus Pauley saw a young girl being swept away by a flooded Blenheim river this morning, he knew what he had to do.11 Jun 06:01 AM
New ZealandKayaker capsized during commuteA kayaker who capsized in wild Northland weather last night was embarking on his usual 10-minute commute home from work.10 Jun 03:51 AM
New ZealandElderly patients evacuated from rest homeElderly dementia patients have been evacuated from their Canterbury rest home after it was flooded overnight in a torrential rainstorm.09 Jun 10:46 PM
New ZealandDead man may have come from ferryA body discovered in Wellington Harbour today could have come from an Interisland ferry, police say.09 Jun 07:25 AM
New ZealandPair walk away from microlight crashTwo Hokitika men escaped serious injury after a microlight crashed on the Taramakau River yesterday afternoon.09 Jun 06:17 AM
New ZealandWorkers watched man dieEmergency workers have described how they watched signs of life ebb away from an Auckland man trapped inside a wreckage surrounded by live power-lines.03 Jun 07:01 AM
New ZealandMan buried alive in Matamata trenchA contractor died after a trench he was working in collapsed, burying him, in Matamata.27 May 11:54 PM
New ZealandFarmer was 'seconds from death'Five seconds are all that stood between David Greer and death, as the farmer struggled for air while trapped underwater in his truck in the Kyeburn River.27 May 06:17 AM
New ZealandMan who lay dead next to trapped wife namedA pensioner who lay dead in a car next to his trapped and injured wife for 15 hours has been named as Alan Henry Skittrup, 94, of Taradale.27 May 04:00 AM
New ZealandWoman trapped next to dead husbandAn elderly woman lay trapped and badly injured overnight next to her dead husband after their car left a driveway and rolled up to 30 metres down a steep bank.26 May 06:35 AM
New ZealandFamily told of equipment fault by coronerThe daughter of a woman who died during an emergency callout did not know for months of problems with the equipment.12 May 05:36 PM
New ZealandAmbulance abuse on the riseThe 111 emergency number had been dialled - a 2-year-old boy had stopped breathing and was turning blue.12 May 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Sinking' car disappeared into bed of blackberryEmergency services are responding to a report of a person involved in a car, sinking in a body of water south of Te Puke.11 May 09:17 PM
New ZealandEmergency for St JohnThe arrival of chief executive Peter Bradley has been balm to the often-troubled souls who work for St John.11 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleHeroic ambulance driver laudedA heavily pregnant woman was being taken by ambulance to hospital with a heart attack when the driver also suffered a cardiac arrest.10 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandTwo dead after 600m fallTwo men have died after a car crashed on a rural road and rolled 600m down a bank near Te Hauke, south of Hastings.28 Apr 03:14 AM
New ZealandSeven-month-old dies at marinaA 7-month-old Auckland boy on holiday with his family has died after being found in the water at the marina in Whitianga.27 Apr 04:14 AM
New ZealandKidnap accused appears in courtAn alleged kidnapper who escaped police custody in Auckland has appeared in court this morning handcuffed and flanked by two police officers.25 Apr 08:03 PM
New ZealandPublic warned not to help suspectPolice hunting a suspected kidnapper who escaped custody are door-knocking his known associates.24 Apr 05:48 AM
