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Four people are dead and another eight, including a baby, have been injured in a two-car crash in Taupō.

An elderly man has died in a fatal crash after a lethal weekend on New Zealand's roads.

Two people are dead and two others injured after a road crash north of Te Kuiti.

State Highway 1 just south of Hamilton has reopened after one person died in a crash between a car and a truck.

A man who was on the run with a toddler after a stabbing in Thames earlier today has just been found in Auckland, and the boy is also safe and sound.

A 2kg rock launched from a motorway overbridge would have hit taxi driver Balkar Singh in the forehead had it been a couple of inches to the left, he says.

A Waikato man who allegedly crashed his car while fleeing police, killing a passenger and seriously injuring two others will appear in court today.

Police were justified in shooting a man dead after he threatened officers with a machete, the police watchdog says.

Four people were arrested this morning over the murder of a man in rural Taupō in July.

A police officer shouldn't have used a taser on a prisoner at Hamilton District Court, as officers weren't in danger, the IPCA has found.

A 37-year-old man accused of ramming a police car on the Coromandel Peninsula last week has reappeared in court facing new charges.

A tornado has ripped through a pa near Hokitika, destroying a kohanga reo building, with lightning striking homes in the North Island. Audio

A man charged with the murder of a Waikato publican 30 years ago has made his first appearance in court.

Work is about to begin on putting up more than 30 new speed cameras around the country as the police look to cut down speeds at high crash areas.

Police have charged two men with the murder 30 years ago of Waikato man Chris Bush, after reopening the cold case last month.

Rollie Heke has been charged with attempted murder and five others have been arrested after he was captured early this morning.

New information led police to a property in the Kaingaora Forest township where Rollie Heke was arrested early this morning. Audio

Motorists will be able to travel at 110 km/h on seven major roads before the end of the year.

The police are seeking help from the public as they investigate a house fire that left a woman, man and baby dead.

A woman is in a critical condition and another person has moderate injuries after a car towing a trailer crashed into the Waikato River in Cambridge.