Family members of four people killed in a pre-Christmas crash have visited the scene and performed a traditional Asian blessing.

The two children killed in a Northland crash which also killed two men were high achievers who often won awards.

Almost a year after being hit while riding her bike, Samantha Robertson has swapped cycling for sheep riding.

The four people who died in a horrific crash on State Highway One yesterday when a Range Rover did a U-turn into the path of a logging truck have been named.

Police are urging care on the roads over the holidays as a four-car crash leaves one person critically injured.

Driver of a 44-tonne logging truck was powerless to prevent a collision that killed four people and left a boy, 8, fighting for his life.

A baby was feared to be among the victims as six people died and eight were injured when a rubbish truck careered out of control and into crowds of Christmas shoppers.

A former airline boss claims the US shot down flight MH370 because the military feared it had been taken over by hackers.

Gisborne harbourmaster Captain Charlie Jamieson has been killed while riding his motorcycle on the East Cape highway at Waihau Bay near Cape Runaway.

A man impaled himself on a tree while out for a run on Kawau Island on the weekend.

Mike Rankin counts himself lucky, despite his new truck plummeting over a bank at his Caversham home.

Dakota Leef is 8 years old, and a hero. His story of bravery - running to get help for his stricken grandfather - has a sad ending...

The family of a cyclist left a quadriplegic after riding into a sinkhole are considering legal action over a report into the horrific incident.

Every day before work Auckland dad Danny Mafi drives to his baby daughter's grave to "see her and to say a prayer".

An 8-year-old girl struck on a pedestrian crossing is expected to be woken from her coma today.

A pregnant woman was trapped by a trailer on a rural property near Matamata yesterday.

The aunt of an eight-year-old struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing saw the accident unfold in her rear-view mirror just seconds after she passed the youngster.

A report is calling for tighter controls on children operating off-road vehicles following the deaths of 22 children at the controls since 2002.

A pilot who flew his homemade bi-plane into the sea in a deliberate attempt to take his own life was possibly inspired by the missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370, a coroner has found.

An 8-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital after a four-vehicle crash yesterday.

A 75-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital after she was injured by a cow earlier today.

An illegal migrant who hid under a truck travelling from France has been killed trying to disembark while the vehicle was stationary on the M25.

At least 25 men and a digger were used to save a man whose 4WD flipped during a race meeting in Taranaki, trapping him under water.

As presidential bids go, it was hardly brilliantly timed. Sebastian Coe, laying out his manifesto for election as the most powerful man in athletics, calmly assured that his sport was not in crisis.

A coroner has drawn attention to the rear-vision cameras drivers can fit to their cars to reduce the risk of hitting people when reversing.

One person is dead after a car went through a fence on Alfriston Road, South Auckland.

An off-duty postie and an injured engineer held an elderly woman's head above water as she sat trapped in her car which had rolled down a bank and plunged into a stream.