Thames-Coromandel Police are searching medical centres, as an offender involved in an aggravated burglary over the weekend may have a broken arm after being whacked with a walking stick.
The Labour Weekend road toll has climbed to seven after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car in Auckland early this morning.
The second officer of the Rena, who was in charge of the navigational watch, will appear in court tomorrow on a charge of "operating a vessel in a manner causing unnecessary danger or risk''.
No oil will be pumped off Rena today, and salvors say the "grinding and groaning" ship is more unstable than originally thought.
A salvage team has begun pumping oil from the stricken cargo vessel Rena and plans to stay on the ship and into tomorrow to get the job done.
Three missing trampers have been found "cold and miserable'' by a police dog.
Oil from the stricken vessel Rena could reach the Coromandel in as few as three days, says Maritime New Zealand (MNZ).
The official Labour Weekend road toll is seven, one short of last year's total.
A 14-year-old boy will appear in court today after stealing a car and fleeing from police yesterday.
A search continues this morning for a man missing after his boat sank off the coast of Foxton last night.
Boaties in the Bay of Plenty area need to beware of about 40 containers still missing, warns Maritime New Zealand (MNZ).
A new team of salvage workers will be winched onto the stricken ship Rena this morning to continue pumping oil off it.
A man is in a coma after being assaulted near Auckland's Viaduct Harbour this morning.
Hundreds of mourners gathered for an open-air ceremony to farewell a determined and humorous SAS trooper killed in action in Afghanistan.
Emergency services have joined forces to rubbish claims that people in authority looted red zones in quake-ravaged Christchurch.
A Christchurch bar says it will keep its policy to refuse entry to people with facial tattoos despite contravening its own rule and apologising to a man they kicked out because of his moko.
Nearly 1.1 million fans have streamed through the gates of Rugby World Cup stadia for tournament matches so far.
Some Kaiapoi residents are refusing to leave their earthquake-damaged homes, saying they will turn down the Government's buy-up deal.
Thousands flocked to a second wharf opened for the first time for sporting celebrations in Auckland last night.
Police have busted six methamphetamine labs in 24 hours around Auckland and Northland.
