Emergency Services
Five rescued after yacht runs aground on Banks Peninsula
The yacht - which is carrying 15 litres of diesel - remains at the bottom of a cliff west of Diamond Harbour.
Motorcyclist hit by car in Northland
The rider was taken to hospital in critical condition.
One person hospitalised after hazardous substance incident in Kingsland
Cordons were put in place around New North Road in Auckland while emergency services dealt with a hazardous substance.
One critically injured in Auckland crash
A section of road in Onehunga is closed after the crash.
Arson suspected in Invercargill bushfire
Police and fire investigators are looking into a suspicious bushfire near Invercargill.
Person in hospital after Dunedin house fire
Four crews have been tackling a blaze at an East Valley house.
Crash with car kills motorcyclist
A motorcyclist has died following a crash with a car on Saturday afternoon.
School camp bus breaks down, then catches fire while being towed
An Auckland school is offering support to its students after their belongings were destroyed in a bus fire.
Explosion at Papatoetoe industrial site
One person has been injured in an explosion at an industrial site in the South Auckland suburb.
Woman found dead in submerged car in Taranaki was from US
A woman who was found dead in a submerged car near Stratford in Taranaki last month was a traveller from the United States.
'I was pretty terrified' - Crews beat back vegetation fire in Horowhenua
A woman who lives next to the large blaze says she was worried her home would go up in flames.
Pay offer a 'significant loss' to frontline officers - Labour
Labour says a pay rise offer made to police is worse than officers rejected last term. Audio
Cause of death, identity still mysteries after fisherman pulls body from water
Paul Middleton found the body wrapped in plastic while fishing off Gulf Harbour.
Government priorities 'clearly wrong' - Police Association
The head of the police union says the government made a "clearly wrong" choice to give billions in tax cuts to landlords and police a "dismal" pay offer.
Otago fires under control
Fire controllers are hopeful all evacuated residents will be able to return home later on Tuesday.
Emergency call out at Christchurch pool after water incident
Emergency services have responded to a call out at a Riccarton pool this morning.
Search resumes for diver missing off South Taranaki coast
The search for a diver missing in the sea off Patea for two days is continuing today.
Two NZers killed in skifield avalanche
The family of a New Zealand ski guide killed in an avalanche in Japan says she was full of vitality and life and had a passion for the outdoors.
Twenty-one-year old Isabella Bolton from Christchurch… Audio
Five still in hospital after horror flight into Auckland
Passengers on a flight that suddenly dropped and threw people across the cabin say afraid to board a replacement plane. Audio
Two New Zealanders killed skiing in Japan
Authorities have confirmed that two New Zealanders have been killed while skiing in Japan.
A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were part of a group of six backcountry skiing in Hokkaido when an… Audio