Volunteering circles in Wanaka have been left devastated by the death of Maureen "Mo" Schofield, who slipped and fell 40m while walking the Fern Burn Track on Monday.

Friends and family have paid tribute to the man killed in a tractor accident near Waikouaiti earlier this week as a "hell of a good guy".

The Australian teenager critically injured in a crash which killed two people near Rotorua is awake and talking to his parents, while his classmates mourn the loss of a fellow student and....

The Government has been accused of failing to do enough to prevent road crashes involving tourists, following the sentencing of a man who fell asleep at the wheel.

A 13-year old exchange student who was struck by a car after getting off the school bus yesterday remains in a critical condition today.

Police have named the 24-year-old man killed when he was thrown from the cab of a tractor that rolled north of Dunedin.

A tourist driver who arrived from Australia early in the morning and hired a rental car, fell asleep at the wheel - causing a head-on crash that killed his mother.

The families of two New Zealanders who died in a gliding crash in a remote area of Namibia yesterday have paid tribute to two "wonderful men and experienced pilots".

The family of a young Kiwi man killed in a drunken car crash while on holiday in Samoa feel they may never get justice for their son.

Police believe a male motorcyclist killed in Christchurch today lost control of his bike.

One was a young man with his life ahead of him, the other a dad who shared his joy in nature and adventure with his two little girls.

Hanging out with grandma, going to the toilet and taking part in a "super hero activity" are among the craziest claims ACC has had to fork out millions for.

Two people are dead and seven injured following a crash between Rotorua and Taupo involving a milk tanker and a van.

A man is lucky to be alive after he was nearly crushed by a concrete slab at a demolition site this afternoon.

A 55-tonne crane and a boat have toppled and crashed into a North Shore house.

A young man who was behind the wheel of a ute that hit a commuter train in Wairarapa, killing his 15-year-old girlfriend, has been sentenced to 200 hours' community service.

A woman in Melbourne hanging washing in her garden suddenly found herself in a 9ft hole, swimming for her life for half an hour as she shouted for help.

Three heroes have been honoured for their bravery after they jumped into a freezing stream to rescue the passengers of a submerged car near Waimate.

Police have reopened a road following a serious crash in Auckland last night.

An elderly NZ Post rural mail contractor in Hokitika was seriously injured after being run over by her own vehicle last night.

One person has died after a crash between a car and truck near Christchurch this afternoon.

Police have named the woman killed in a crash outside Whangarei on Friday afternoon as mother-of-three Josephine Tipene.

A photo of a woman sitting on a jet ski as it was towed by a truck on Auckland’s North-Western motorway is a hoax.

A man was injured after his rifle accidentally went off while he was on a hunting trip near Murchison.

Two people are dead and two others critically and seriously injured after a cluster of car crashes in Canterbury overnight.

The driver of a grey hatchback is being sought following a collision with a motorbike in Rotorua this morning.