A man had a near miss after a freight train clipped the side of his ute this morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash in Beachlands this afternoon.

A 70-year-old pig hunter was knocked unconscious after tumbling 10m down a waterfall in the upper Buller Gorge yesterday while in hot pursuit of his prey.

Police have named the who died after he was thrown from his motorcycle on Whanganui Beach yesterday evening.

A Warkworth man is in a critical condition after being run over by his tractor this morning.

Police are still in the ''very early'' stages of the investigation into the crash that killed 18-year-old Nakita May Strange and it is unclear when charges will be laid.

A 16-year-old girl is in a stable condition after being flown to hospital following a "heavy fall" from a horse.

A female passenger of a speeding vehicle which crashed near Taumaranui a week ago has died in hospital.

A man who drowned after being thrown from a boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki yesterday has been named by police.

A man was killed he crossed the centre line on State Highway 2 near Paeroa and collided with a car this morning.

The 18-year-old girl who died in a crash in central Dunedin yesterday morning was Nakita May Strange.

A truck has smashed into a pole at an intersection, leaving one person injured and delaying traffic.

People mourning the loss of 14-year-old Rangimaria White, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Opotiki at the weekend, are gathering for her tangi today.

A driver involved in a Dunedin crash rushed to give CPR to a dying teenager who lay unconscious in the back seat of the other car.

Police said the 25-year-old driver of the second ute went straight in and pulled a 35-year-old woman and four-year-old boy from the vehicle.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's on north-bound lane.

A Westport woman has admitted to careless driving causing the death of 66-year-old Seddonville woman Marie Evelyn Johnston, after initially denying the charge.

A West Coast man killed in a fatal crash near Christchurch on Sunday evening was a former Pike River miner.

A worker has been taken to hospital after being injured in an accident at the Pike River mine site this morning.

Two people had a lucky escape when a car they were in plunged into a river today.

Canterbury Police are at the scene of a fatal crash that occurred in Christchurch.

A brave Esther Taufui, 6, didn't hesitate when a gas explosion ripped through the kitchen, injuring her dad yesterday.

An experienced New Zealand paraglider has died in a horror crash attempting a high-altitude launch in the French Alps.

Police are searching for a man who drove into a five-year-old boy outside his Mosgiel home today.

A 61-year-old woman has been critically injured after she fell from her horse riding in an organised hunt today.

Police are appealing for witnesses from an incident which saw a speeding vehicle crash in Taumarunui.

People are trapped in a car after it crashed off a bank in Murupara early this evening.

A 26-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle on Waitarere Beach.

One person suffered minor injuries after their car struck a light post in Tauranga this afternoon.

Emergency services are at the scene of an explosion in South Auckland this afternoon.