79-year-old trapped for up to 24 hours with arm stuck against electric bar heater.

A former MP is accused, with three others, of being involved in a $1.8 million swindle of Auckland sports clubs, a children's charity, and various companies set up between 2003 and 2005.

A horror crash north of Tauranga which killed three people was "like a war zone", police say.

Waihi gold miners have accused their Australian employer of Victorian work practices by making them take their breaks underground during 11-hour shifts.