The Blink-182 rocker was one of only two survivors when a Learjet 60 carrying him and five others crashed in South Carolina in 2008.

Two hunting deaths in less than a week have prompted safety watchdogs to issue a warning to hunters: follow the rules.

A 14-year-old girl is in a critical but stable condition at Starship Hospital after she was hit by a car in Sandringham yesterday morning.

A person has suffered serious injuries after a car crashed into a crane machine on the Auckland Harbour Bridge this morning.

Age was also a factor, with the highest rates of injury claims coming from workers in the younger, 15 to 24, and older, 65 and over, age groups.

A local resident said Carlos Tauhou Ngamoki got on well with everyone and they were all taking it pretty hard.

Family and friends mourn the loss of a much-loved wife, mother and athlete.

Police are conducting a scene examination after a man was hit by a train and killed in Canterbury.

Owners and staff of a Canadian gym where a young New Zealander broke his neck on a trampoline are thrilled an appeal has already exceeded a target of $20,000.

The death of Reporoa boy Connor Phillips as a hunting party was unloading firearms in Kaingaroa Forest on Sunday is the fifth fatal accident with firearms in New Zealand this year.

Two men suffered serious injuries in separate motorbike crashes in Waikato yesterday.

Police claim he was under the influence.

The issues surrounding safe handling of firearms has resurfaced after the death of an 11-year-old boy who died in an hunting accident in Kaingaroa Forest..

Police have released the name of the cyclist who died in a downhill crash in Christchurch on Thursday.

Family members rush to Canada to comfort young New Zealander after gym trampoline accident.

Reporoa's tight-knit community has been left devastated by the news an 11-year-old boy has been shot dead.

A woman died after a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Sunday afternoon, taking the weekend's road toll to five.

Two people were injured after a disqualified teen driver fled police and crashed into another car in Invercargill.

The driver attempted to run away, but was located by police.

This weekend's road toll now sits at five, after a fatal motorcycle crash. It was the third accident involving a motocycle this weekend.

One person has been killed in a car crash in Mount Roskill.

A woman's death in a freak pony-riding accident was witnessed by her 14-year-old daughter.

Southbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway were closed for about 30 minutes after the Penrose overbridge was struck by a large motorhome.

A man survived a 150m fall in the Whanganui River valley after a hunting mishap.

A motorcyclist who died in Upper Hutt on Wednesday has been named by police as 37-year-old Koro Robin Peachey of Wainuiomata.

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

Man believed to be in his 50s was seen cycling downhill before fatal smash.

Thomas Evans was following his dad across the road when he was hit by a car.

A 50-year-old truck driver crushed and lacerated by metal beams while unloading his vehicle at a Hamilton factory remains in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital this morning.

Award-winning architect pleads guilty to careless driving after he dragged cyclist 20 metres along road and left tyre marks on helmet.