Police said one passenger has a chest injury and was being treated by ambulance in Napier.

Police divers have recovered the body of a man whose car plunged into the Waikato River yesterday.

A person has been flown to hospital with serious abdominal injuries after a head on collision in the East Cape area this morning.

Sandeep Kumar's victims trusted him to drive them home - instead he assaulted them.

22 full-time jobs to go from the university's education department in proposal revealed to staff.

Police are monitoring a group who claim to be setting up a Daktory in Whangarei - a paid club where members congregate to openly smoke cannabis.

Five logging truck crashes in less than a month across Northland deemed "totally unacceptable and intolerable", says transport industry leader.

Fergus Glen was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his brother Craig in 2003 after a long-term feud between the pair.

Two teenagers and one man have been arrested following an incident during which a police dog was kicked and an officer assaulted.

A mother and daughter who became lost in a North Island bush had to huddle together for warmth and ration their supplies after the terrain became impenetrable.

The car driven by a mother and daughter missing since Wednesday has been found at an entrance to a hiking track in the Tararua range.

First it was White Island's crater lake that was making scientists sit up - and now it is the one atop Mt Ruapehu.

Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

The trial of Kamal Reddy has heard that cash was being withdrawn from a woman's account after she had disappeared.

Lifeguards made 581 rescues at beaches between Ahipara in the Far North and Raglan in the Waikato this summer.

The eruption on the volcanic island appears to have deposited material over north side of the crater floor.

Dargaville High School principal David Kenneth Bargh has been convicted and fined for lurking on the property of a female teacher at night.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges confirmed work will commence this year along the ill-fated stretch between Pokeno and the State Highway 25 intersection.

A trial for a man accused of murdering his ex-partner and her daughter has had an unexpected delay after a juror was sent home.

City bound traffic is heavily congested on the Northwestern Motorway back to Hobsonville after a crash near Rosebank Rd.

Sunny skies have been forecast for most parts of the country tomorrow but don't forget to bring a jacket to morning Anzac parades.

The one-car incident happened in South Auckland.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a car on State Highway One in Northland.

An act of "absolute stupidity and dangerous driving" by a fleeing motorist put innocent lives at risk, Northland's top traffic officer says.

Floodwaters have receded after heavy downpours kept emergency services busy last night with Coromandel residents climbing to higher ground.

Heavy downpours are keeping North Island fire crews busy tonight, with reports coming in of residents climbing to higher ground to escape flooding in the Coromandel.

Simon Kay relishes the fact that he is finally a welcome guest at an iconic hotel.

A house in the process of being sold has been destroyed by fire in Northland.

A woman has been flown to hospital by helicopter after she was injured in a head-on crash north of Wellington this afternoon.

Police are investigating an "incident" at a North Shore primary school involving a young pupil.