Police urge motorists to take extra care after two people die on Waikato roads within four hours of each other.

A 22-year-old man has been critically injured after falling through a roof in Taumarunui last night.

Two people have died in a microlight crash near Timaru.

The coronial process has been inextricably linked to New Zealand becoming a safer place to live and visit over the last 20 years, a retiring coroner has said today.

The driver of a truck that smashed through a barrier, plunged down a bank and landed on a motorway 7m below reckons he's had worse injuries during his jockey days.

A man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash in Takapuna, Auckland today.

A gas leak in Ponsonby led to the evacuation of many businesses in the area last night.

When Harley McEwan's lawnmower stalled, he instinctively used his hand to remove the sticks caught between the machine's cutter blade - without stopping the motor.

One person is confirmed dead and six others are injured after two trucks and an SUV towing a trailer collided tonight in Western Bay of Plenty.

80-year-old Tararua farmer Donald Robbie was driving his farm truck, with 4.5c metres of gravel down a steep hill when his brakes failed.

Finn Drummond's eyes have survived not one but two freak accidents, increasing the risk of long-term damage to his sight.

A Nelson-based laundry company has been ordered to pay more than $45,000, after one of its workers crushed his hand in a workplace accident.

A man escaped with his life when the concrete-cutting saw he was operating kicked back, slicing open his throat.

A man understood to be an experienced climber is in the intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition after a 6m fall.

The death of a New Zealand lawyer killed by a falling shop sign in London was due to health and safety failings, an inquest has ruled.

A woman has been taken to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition after she was hit by a car on State Highway 29 this afternoon.

A three-car smash on Auckland’s Harbour bridge has left a lane blocked, and traffic building up.

A woman who fell from a deck and injured her leg was airlifted to hospital last night.

"The hero in this story is the truck, that he was able to survive the impact and a fall like that." A driver credits his survival to airbags.

A motorist was moments away from colliding with a truck which smashed through a motorway barrier before plunging at least 15m down a bank this morning.

A car smashed through a fence into a suburban house early this morning.

A caravan has rolled over and crashed on a motorway today.

A teenage worker remains in hospital after being seriously injured when he was hit by a digger bucket yesterday.

While national statistics suggest foreign drivers play only a small part in serious crashes, the picture differs markedly at district level.

'I'm going to pull the power out', Matthew Smith was heard to mutter. His decision to do something about his noisy neighbours ultimately killed him.

The death of a NZ lawyer in London from a falling shop sign was an accident "waiting to happen" because the sign was not properly secured, inquest hears.

A Hamilton man who was electrocuted at a Northland camping ground yesterday was an incredible young man, who had time for anyone, a friend says.