Kurt Bayer

The Army could be charged with arson after a live firing exercise yesterday (Wednesday) went wrong and sparked a large scrub fire, if police believe they were reckless.

The New Zealand Defence Force will investigate how a live ammunition training exercise at an Army base near Christchurch caused a large scrub fire today.

Medical experts in New Zealand are bracing themselves for the arrival of a deadly flu that is sweeping the US which has already killed 20 children.

A man accused of organising a zorb ride at a Russian ski resort that killed a man has been detained and will face court, authorities say.

A convicted murderer has been recalled to prison after she was arrested for breaching her parole conditions.

The New Zealand inventors of zorbing have described the death of a father-of-two at a Russian ski resort as "very troubling".

A New Zealand attorney at a New York law firm has become embroiled in a major US insider trading case which could see a former Australian mate jailed for 20 years.

The man stabbed outside a caravan early on New Year's Day has died in hospital, prompting police to ramp up their investigation to a homicide.

A group of trampers were this morning airlifted out of the Kahurangi National Park near Nelson after they were cut off by a landslip last night.

A record low holiday road toll has been welcomed but more efforts are needed to continue to improve road safety, say police, the Government and the Automobile Association.