A man has been critically injured after being struck by a car in Tokoroa today.

Two people have been injured following a helicopter crash in Rodney, north of Auckland.

A man is dead after his motorbike collided with a ten tonne truck last night.

A motorcyclist was killed when his bike and a truck collided near Tauranga this evening.

The three tourists from Hong Kong were killed when their rental van and a truck and trailer unit collided in Central Otago.

A teenage girl swam ashore and ran 2km across a remote and rugged shoreline to call for help after the boat she was on capsized on the North Island's East Coast this morning.

One person has died after a crash involving four vehicles just outside Christchurch tonight.

A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

A horror accident at a North Shore gymnasium which left a school student a quadriplegic came just months after a similar incident in which another teen broke his neck.

The man who dove in to Tauranga Harbour to rescue an unconscious jetskier said it was a "no-brainer" decision to try to help him.

A French family travelling near Mount Cook had to be rescued out the back of their upturned campervan after it flipped in strong winds.

An Auckland family are devastated at the death of a man who was struck by a car while lying on an unlit rural road early this morning.

A male pedestrian was hit by a truck and seriously injured on State Highway 1 in Otago last night.

Air NZ will send its third and final flight to Mt Erebus this month - upsetting family members who have missed out.

A body has been found near an area where police were searching for missing fisherman Nick Stubbs.

A teenager faces life as a quadriplegic after a horror accident at a gymnasium. A teenager faces life as a quadriplegic after a horror accident at a gymnasium.

A Bay of Plenty man who died after being crushed underneath his own car as he was working on it has been named.

Police say human error was to blame in three fatalities on roads during the Labour weekend holiday.

A man says he heard "an almighty crack" as he seriously injured his neck while attempting a somersault on a giant inflatable pillow in a bad end to Labour weekend.

A Te Kuiti teen "with a great attitude" died while crossing the Te Kuiti railway line as he went to get help for a friend injured at the nearby skate park.

The driver of a speeding car which caught fire at the end of a bizarre police chase had to turn himself in after dense bush and gorse proved too rough, a witness says.