Two men will appear in the Palmerston North District Court on a number of charges after a high speed chase in the city.

Hutt Valley police have finished their search at a property where a people were seen with firearms yesterday.

An Auckland couple chased down two men who crashed while fleeing from a burglary, and held one down until officers arrived.

A 70-year-old man was winched to safety after injuring his ankle while tramping in the Ruahine Range in Manawatu.

A forbidden driver was caught under the influence and with stolen goods in the car, after several calls from the public about his bad driving.

Maritime police who plucked a one-armed doll from Wellington Harbour are trying to reunite it with its owner.

A man has received critical head injuries after presenting a fake gun at people inside an Auckland home, police say.

Emergency services are at the scene of yet another water emergency.

A fire at Cambridge Middle School has been extinguished but firefighters are treating the blaze as suspicious.

A 30-year-old woman was air lifted to a North Island hospital yesterday after she became tangled in a rope swing.

Police have charged a 22-year-old Northland man with the murder of Lee Rata as they continue to investigate whether others were involved in the fatal attack.

A disabled Gisborne man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately driving into a marae, before attacking a passer by's car and threatening to set himself alight at a petrol station.

A yachtie is helpless to stop opportunist thieves helping themselves to prized possession on board his stricken yacht - 11 days after it ran aground.

An 18-year-old Aucklander who loved sport and kapa haka is the youngest victim of the holiday road toll.

An investigation has been launched into racist comments and allegations of sexual assault at a New Year's Eve beach party in Mount Maunganui.

Firefighters had to rescue an elderly driver after her car crashed through a fence at Auckland shopping mall.

Police say it is unclear how an Auckland man died during a canyoning trip deep in the Coromandel bush.

The woman who survived a horror plunge down an Auckland cliff face along a popular scenic drive suffered broken bones, it has been revealed.

Crashes around North Island roads have kept emergency crews busy overnight and this morning.

The four sought-after suburbs have robust transport links, well-planned infrastructure and attractive entertainment hubs.

Police were unsure how the diver got into trouble, but confirmed he was in a serious condition.

The victim of a brutal New Year's Eve assault, who died in Whangarei Hospital yesterday, was Kaitaia man Lee Rata.

Kelly Lynch soaks up the old-world feeling in Waipu's ancient caves.

A woman confronted and scared off two burglars who broke into her house.

The single-car crash happened on State Highway 35, near Tologa Bay.

Patricia Greig has a fairy tale stay at a luxury country house near Tauranga.

Two people rushed to hospital from an Auckland brothel this morning are believed to have ingested the drug GHB, police say.

Police are investigating an assault which happened in the early hours of Tuesday in Whangamata.

A 29-year-old man has drowned at Kaiate Falls in the Bay of Plenty.

Severe weather will hit New Zealand's holiday hot spots today, prompting warnings campers may need to make a fast exit.