Isabel Frances Rivett (nee Jones), 32, has been named as the woman who died in the mountain running tragedy near Otira, West Coast.

The Aucklander who died in Sleeping God Canyon at the weekend was a passionate missionary and devoted his life to helping others.

The woman was riding in Oruanui, just north of Taupo, when the accident happened. Emergency services were called at about 3.30pm.

The woman and her friends were rope-swinging into a river near Te Kaha when she got caught up in the rope-swing

A young man who died in a crash between a car and a ute over the holidays had a "smile to define the word cheesy", and "endless love and kindness for anyone who needed it".

The woman who survived a horror plunge down an Auckland cliff face along a popular scenic drive suffered broken bones, it has been revealed.

A New Year's Day quad bike crash that left a baby injured and a man on life support has prompted another stern warning around the use of the vehicles.

The young married couple who died after falling on Mount Silberhorn lived for and loved the mountains.

A man is in a critical condition with a head injury and leg fracture after he fell from his bicycle 10m down a bank.

The 26-year-old local fell while riding on private property in the settlement of Galatea near Whakatane.

The ambulance arrived to find a man in his 60s with critical injuries. He died at the scene.

It is the second serious incident on the water today, after a 3-year-old boy died at Ocean Beach in Hawkes Bay.

Friends of an Australian woman who died after a fall near Mt Cook have paid tribute to "one of the brightest and singularly most talented artists" they encountered.

A light plane crashed near Sheffield in Canterbury after the pilot misjudged the landing.

Two seriously injured young children crawled to safety as their father lay dead in their car after a crash on Ashburton Gorge Rd last night.

A person killed after being hit by a train near Palmerston North went unnoticed for two hours.

Robert Su, with whom Karen had been together for eight years, was crossing Fanshawe St when a truck ploughed through a red light and hit him.

There's been more trouble for motorists on State Highway 1 after a single-vehicle crash on the road used as a diversion due to an earlier crash.

A man was killed when his car hit a tree on a Wellington residential street last night.

The boy who fell through the skylight of a school in Palmerston North on Friday night is in a stable condition in hospital.

Friends of a 12-year-old almost killed when he fell through a skylight on a Palmerston North school roof were "distraught as hell" when police arrived.

The 11-year-old crushed in a lift shaft on the Hibiscus Coast is being remembered at a memorial service today at the property where he died.

"I wish it was me. I was meant to go before my grandchildren. It is a heavy burden I carry every day. It is a life sentence."

Ambulance staff attended an incident in Hawkes Bay this morning after a person was hit by a mobility scooter.

It's an experience that can cause many top public servants a touch of dread - and hours in PR-coached preparation.

Three young lives ended when their car collided with a truck on State Highway 1.

Teina Boyd is paralysed from the chest down but the young mum of one says her goal isn't to walk again - it's to get her laugh back.

A cyclist who was badly injured in a hit-and-run in Highland Park is still in a serious condition in hospital a week later.

A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the Waitawheta Hut in the Upper Kaimai Range, south of Karangahake Gorge

Colin Andrew Craig, a 65-year-old from Christchurch, died in hospital after the accident at GVI Logistics in Ivan Jamieson Place, near Christchurch Airport.