An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.

St John is investigating whether slow response times contributed to the deaths of three patients.

An Auckland bus driver is reunited with a group of students who rescued him during a vicious bashing.

Driver thankful for intervention by schoolchildren.

An 18-year-old woman charged over a premature baby's death is subject to a 24 hour curfew until her next court appearance.

Newborn's body discovered outside a home in West Auckland on Monday night.

Drivers now face the prospect of a hefty fine if they run out of petrol on Auckland's motorways.

A New Zealand man who had contemplated suicide could owe his life to the moderator of an American internet discussion website.

A man has appeared in the Wellington District Court in relation to a homicide in a Newtown halfway house.

Police have charged a resident of a half-way house with assault after a body was discovered at the property.

Deaths come as Government prepares to consider extensive changes to our road rules.

One man was killed and another critically injured after their cars collided head-on on a bend south of Auckland.

A woman mauled by eight pig dogs yesterday has undergone nine hours of surgery after the attack left her covered in wounds.