A champion wakeboarder left quadriplegic after a training accident is finally able to speak after doctors inserted a valve into his throat .

Machines which fell trees under remote control by operators standing at safe distances are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests.

Ayoung army officer who died after receiving a knock to the head during a friendly rugby league match at his base has been remembered by his family as the "perfect son".

An off-duty police officer who was convicted and discharged with careless driving after crashing following a six-hour drinking session remains on the job.

The parents of a soldier who died after suffering head injuries during a game of rugby league at Linton Military Camp say he died playing a game he loved.

A bus carrying 18 school children left the road, apparently blown off, near Eketahuna this morning as strong winds hammer the lower North and South islands.

NZ workers and businesses are to be denied almost $180 million in ACC levy cuts next year as recommended by the corporation, leaving it with an embarrassment of riches.

Police have resorted to phoning rental companies to remove unsafe tourist drivers from the road.

The husband of a Taranaki grandmother killed while trying to remove barriers from a highway has urged those responsible to "man up" and come forward.

Silvio Kors' first concern after hearing a loud bang and seeing his windscreen crack while driving was that he'd hit someone.

A woman was killed on a Taranaki highway after someone "stupidly" blocked a lane by intentionally placing barriers across the road, police say.

Local boaties came to the assistance of four paua divers when their boat overturned in strong wind gusts yesterday.

A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.

One person is dead after a two-car crash on the Kaimai Range this yesterday afternoon.

One person is dead after a two-car crash on the Kaimai Range yesterday afternoon.

Dutch and Australian experts have gathered more remains from the crash site of Flight MH17 in east Ukraine.

A 17-year-old youth was cut from a vehicle after a three car crash on State Highway 57 near Linton this morning.

Two teenagers allegedly crashed a stolen car into the side of a building in Nelson overnight.

The Serious Crash Unit has been called in to investigate the fatal crash that claimed the life of kindergarten teacher Pam McGarva.

The inquest into the Carterton hot air balloon disaster left victims’ families reeling from revelations about the balloon’s pilot — and asking why authorities didn’t act.