A grandfather was killed in a “horrific” accident after his future son-in-law accidentally trapped him in an industrial oven that reached temperatures of 280C.

A toddler who died yesterday after she was hit by a car driven by a relative in her West Auckland driveway has now been named by police.

A slab of frozen sausages and a mercy dash through peak-hour traffic on Auckland's motorways in a police car saved the day after a man severed his finger while using a bench saw.

A person has died in a crash between a car and a truck on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei.

The death of a 22-year-old student who fell from his skateboard and suffered a fatal head injury has been referred to the coroner.

A coroner says law changes are urgently needed to get more dangerous drivers off the road, after an inept foreign driver caused a crash killing two motorcyclists.

A coroner has made recommendations about the usage of power tools after a builder died when a cutting tool disc flew in to his abdomen.

A man being treated for drinking petrol was killed after he jumped from an ambulance and into the path of a truck in the Hawkes Bay, police say.

A farmer has suffered serious injuries after he was attacked by a cow in Opotiki.

A knife flew out of a man's pocket and became stuck in his eye when he was having a brain scan.

A Hawke's Bay mechanic says he found two women - one unresponsive, the other trapped and covered in blood - as he rushed to the scene of a serious crash near Hastings yesterday.

The mother of a little boy killed in a house fire is unaware her son is dead and has missed his funeral.

European space engineers hope to carry out carefully programmed manoeuvres over the coming hours and days to rescue the Philae lander from its precarious position on the comet.

A man in his 60s has died in a crash on the Northern Motorway, north of Auckland.

Police have named two Pakistani men who died in a truck crash on the Crown Range Road, Queenstown, yesterday.

A deadly truck crash on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway caused havoc for commuters during yesterday evening's rush hour, halting traffic in both directions.

It was 5.30 in the morning when this truck crashed over a bank and became entangled in vegetation. Rescue workers are surprised the driver is still alive.

An 8-year-old Tauranga girl who received serious head injuries after being kicked by a horse underwent surgery at Starship Hospital yesterday.

A man died in front of his young grandson on a busy service station forecourt despite frantic efforts of station staff to save him.

The woman spoken to by police after a 20-year-old man was critically injured by a car in Tokoroa, has been charged with assault with a weapon.

The body of a missing man whose dinghy was found in an Invercargill river has been recovered.

The mother of a 2-year-old says it is a miracle her son was not more badly injured after the boom from loud fireworks shattered her bedroom window and rained glass down on him.

Two men miraculously survived a helicopter crash north of Auckland yesterday - the second time one of the pilots has crashed in 19 months.

A 6-year-old boy died during a horror day on North Island roads yesterday.

A motorcycle rider has died following a collision with a car near Cambridge this afternoon.