One person is believed to have died following a two-car collision in south Taranaki today.

An 18-year-old man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Palmerston North overnight.

A boy who suffered serious injuries after falling from a horse has been flown to Tauranga Hospital.

Tributes flowed last night for a 23-year-old father, who died after accidentally going through a ranch-slider at a Hamilton property.

A decision on possible charges against the fireworks company behind a display that injured spectators at an All Blacks test is expected in the next few days.

Two Korean nationals are dead after a horror smash at Blackhead, Dunedin, yesterday.

One person has died and another is in a critical condition following a crash in Dunedin this evening.

The parents of Corey Docherty, who died after being found in a Queenstown alleyway, have arrived in NZ, and his grandfather says he was "living his dream".

The father of an 18-month-old boy killed in a South Auckland driveway in 2013 believes the man who admitted the charge shouldn't be held responsible.

A helicopter has crashed at speed into a paddock near Te Awamutu, injuring a passenger.

Police divers searching for a woman who did not surface from a crayfish dive at the weekend have found a body.

A pedestrian remains in a critical condition after being hit by a car near a busy roundabout in Auckland yesterday.

Two people were taken to hospital after a car crashed into a power pole on Auckland's North Shore early this morning.

Two people were injured, one critically, after being hit by a car while crossing a road near a busy Auckland roundabout.

Chilean mountaineers have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago.

Two people were injured when a shuttle and trailer unit left the road and crashed into a ditch between Akaroa and Christchurch this afternoon.

The family of a NZ citizen co-piloting the plane that crashed into a bridge and river in Taiwan are due to arrive back in the country this week, as new information is revealed.

The family of an Israeli woman who died in a van crash in North Canterbury has thanked the emergency services in New Zealand for their help and support.

A man was seriously injured in a boating accident south of Motuhie Island in the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon.

Three people have died on the country's roads so far over the Waitangi weekend.

Police are working to establish whether a person killed in a car crash in Waitakere, Auckland today was the driver or a passenger.

A woman injured in a fatal van crash yesterday remains in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

A young child has been seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in Tauranga today.

A van with six tourists that was involved in a fatal crash in Canterbury crossed the centre line and travelled through a paddock before rolling down a steep 40m bank.

A dad who blamed himself for the tragic death of his toddler son has a message of hope for the family whose baby died.

A mini-van with six tourists has crashed and a person is dead in North Canterbury.

A 62-year-old man has died in a single vehicle crash in Southland last night.