The man was pinned by plasterboard weighing up to half a tonne, police said.

AJ Hackett Bungy staff have won praise from police and their boss for their response to a serious road crash outside the company's Queenstown operation.

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if there is a way of improving safety after a woman was swept to her death on the Waikato River.

Three ambulances take crash injured to hospital.

St John has begun rolling out a new generation of ambulances equipped with stretchers that can carry heavier patients.

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The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Members of a shearing gang were injured this morning when the van they were in left the road and smashed into a tree.

A driver injured in a Christchurch crash was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.

A man has been flown to hospital after being hit by a large fish bin onboard a fishing trawler north-east of Gisborne.

A truck driver has escaped with minor injuries after his vehicle rolled in Manawatu. It happened around 6.30 this morning on Halcombe

Ambulance staff left quickly to take a patient to hospital, not realising a medical supplies bag was missing.

One person has been seriously injured in a fire on Waiheke Island.

A woman is in a critical condition following a near drowning on Auckland's North Shore.

The medical condition was described as being something that "just happens sometimes".

First Union says St John is seeking to finish its bargaining without finalising a collective agreement for employees.

St John Ambulance officers who ditch their uniforms as part of ongoing strike action will have their pay docked by 10 per cent.

An insect has put a nasty end to a German tourist's hike in the Whanganui National Park.

A father performed CPR on his son while waiting for emergency services, after the boy was found in a swimming pool.

There could be up to 111 fewer police on New Zealand roads this summer.

A woman is in hospital after a car hit a tree last night.

A boy is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Whangarei this afternoon.

Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...

A man came close to drowning before being rescued by members of the public in what has been a dramatic day at the country's beaches.

St John has released a graphic video highlighting the dangers its paramedics face, revealing up to 60 officers are abused and assaulted a week.

A young boy suffered a potentially serious head injury when his motorcycle crashed into a tree in rural Waikato tonight.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car outside Palmers Garden Centre in Remuera, Auckland.

Two more bodies have been recovered this morning following a fishing charter boat sinking on the Kaipara Harbour, taking the toll to seven with one person still missing.

TRAGEDY: Sixty-eight-year-old Bruce Smith died during the Sand to Surf event on Saturday. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER 191116aw21bop By staff

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