A young girl has suffered a head injury after her hair caught in a go-kart yesterday, in what was described as an "unusual incident".

A cyclist in his 50s was killed tonight in what police are calling a hit and run.

The teenage driver killed in a crash in South Auckland yesterday was Brandon Rowe, 18.

A man killed in an industrial incident south of Timaru yesterday has been named.

A man who died in a two-car crash in Christchurch yesterday has been described as "a loving man" with a "one-of-a-kind authentic personality".

A pedestrian is dead after a truck hit them last night.

Facing a parliamentary select committee at the age of 10 and under the gaze of television cameras caused a few nerves, Sean Roberts admitted afterwards.

A German tourist driver involved in a head-on collision on the yesterday has been charged with careless driving causing injury.

A tourist allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road hit another car head-on on the State Highway 6 Coast Road between Greymouth and Westport this morning.

A new traffic light at a Dunedin intersection - officially turned on just last month - was knocked over yesterday.

A man has been rescued after being "severely trapped" after crashing into a power pole in Auckland this evening.

A woman suffered serious head injuries in a collision between a car and a truck today on State Highway 1.

A teenager is seriously injured following a crash involving a car and a skateboard in west Auckland overnight.

A truck driver has been critically injured following a crash in the central North Island overnight.

A teenager is seriously injured following a crash involving a car and a skateboard in west Auckland overnight. The teen, believed to be 16, was rushed to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition after the incident in the Laingholm area of Waitakere around 1am.

Two tourists are critically injured after their vehicle and a logging truck collided on a busy rural Waikato highway today.

A man has been charged after a pedestrian was hit by a cyclist as he stepped out of his doorway on to the street last month.

Pam McGarva was on her way to a quiz night when a car hit hers. Now eight months later, the woman driving the other car has been charged with her manslaughter.

It took nearly a week to find the plane that slammed into Mt Ruapehu in 1948, killing 13 people. Now the tragedy is to be relived as an episode in an upcoming TV series.

Rescuers have described the extensively damaged vehicle involved in a fatal road crash in Auckland this morning as unsurvivable.

Traffic is backed up in Wellington after a truck and trailer unit jack-knifed and crashed into the motorway medium barrier on State Highway 1 in the Ngauranga Gorge.

A woman who crashed into three cars and a traffic light while driving drunk had sold her home to pay for the $25,000 accident damage.

The wife of a 69-year-old Auckland man looked on in horror as he slid down a bank and over a cliff while tramping the Milford Track.

The hiker who died after falling 100m while tramping on the Milford Track on Friday has been named by police.

Accident Compensation Corporation figures reveal it paid out $202 million last year to treat sports injuries.

A 65-year-old Auckland man has died after falling at least 100m near Mackinnon Pass during a hike with a group in a national park.

A Papamoa teenager who died after becoming trapped in a car following a crash near Tauranga on Wednesday has been named by police.

Indiana Jones star recovering after crashing vintage plane into golf course. Kiwi actor Temuera Morrison says Ford is a "rugged" nice guy who'll be all right.