Creatures died after becoming entangled in set-net.

Emergency services are at the scene on the Northern Motorway and the Waitemata Serious Crash Unit has arrived.

Wellington City Council posted a picture of the smashed Moai sculpture on its Facebook page.

Bronze whaler caused concern at Coromandel's Whiritoa Beach.

Firefighters turned Animal Rescue crew when they were called out to free a cat stuck in a washing machine.

Emergency services in Whangarei last night controlled a large scrub fire that threatened properties in a coastal community.

Thieves have stolen from lifeguards in the Far North while they were out to help a kayaker who was struggling in the water.

Police are seeking a man who held up a Waikato bar with a cut down shotgun.

A large scrub fire in the Northland seaside settlement of Tutukaka has officially been brought under control after initially threatening homes.

A man who dislocated his hip on Mt Ruapehu this morning was flown to hospital.

Firefighters undertook a "delicate operation" at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital this morning.

Happy campers danced, flocked and shopped in Gisborne sunshine on the first day of the Rhythm and Vines music festival.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man fell from an apartment building on Greys Ave early on Monday morning.

A man who broke into a South Auckland house knocked a newborn baby out of a bassinet onto the floor as he fled after being caught in the act.

Police are seeking a man in relation to a serious assault on a 63-year-old woman in Naenae last night.

The Rhythm and Vines festival kicked off in Gisborne yesterday with major changes to alcohol policy after riots broke out last year.

The motorcyclist who died after hitting a fence yesterday afternoon was riding with a group that included his family and friends.

Two teenage girls had to be rescued from the Manukau Harbour after drifting 1.5km off-shore on an inflatable swan.

The body recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui has been identified as belonging to a young Nepalese man.

A flying stingray was not quite how an Auckland teenager thought his lazy Sunday paddleboard would end.

"It was literally just headed straight for my head"- A woman accidentally loosened a massive boulder which then tumbled towards her fiance.

A man had a lucky escape today when he was struck by a boulder estimated to weigh up to 100kg on Mt Ngauruhoe.

Police have named the teenager who drowned at Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui, on Christmas Day.

A retired sailor and his wife have lost most of their worldly possessions and their home after their yacht ran aground off Ruakaka in Northland.

The body of a foreign 22-year-old male was recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui this morning.

Two beach-goers who got into trouble in the water were flown to hospital yesterday evening.

The whare kai, or cooking house, at Waikare Marae went up in flames around 6pm.

A man had a close call in the water near Mangere Bridge, Auckland, this afternoon.

A man was rescued from a forest near Mount Tongariro yesterday after his vehicle got stuck while he was out exploring.

Police nabbed a "well known criminal" trying to break into cars at an Auckland supermarket after tracking him on their CCTV cameras.