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.

A Hawke's Bay pilot who illegally carried passengers has admitted causing a catastrophic plane crash - and says his flying days are over.

A 55-year-old man was taken to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after being crushed by the bus he was working under.

A Hong Kong couple escaped injury yesterday afternoon when their rental vehicle left the road and plunged about 50m down a bank on the Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd.

Police have defended their handling of a harbour bridge crash which closed three northbound lanes on Saturday, causing traffic jams that crippled the Auckland's transport system.

Danny and Lope Mafi were excited about moving out of their cramped South Auckland unit to a bigger house that would give their children more space to play.

Eighteen-month-old Vaimoana Mafi was hit by a car in South Auckland on Saturday. Her death comes less than three weeks after a West Auckland girl was killed in her driveway.

A professional bull rider has dislocated a hip after a nasty fall during a weekend rodeo.

A father who died after falling from a flying fox at his Christmas party should not have been using the equipment, the company which operates the ride says.

A serious crash brought Auckland’s motorway network to its knees with motorists stuck in grid-locked traffic for up to four hours.

An 18-month-old girl was in a critical condition last night after being run over in a driveway.

An 18-month-old girl has been run over by a vehicle in a driveway.

Police have released the name of a man killed in a crash yesterday and they say speed and alcohol may have been factors.

The scene of a serious crash on Auckland’s Harbour Bridge has been cleared and the northbound lanes reopened.

An investigation is under way into the death of a man at a fun park in Northland last night.

Two people are seriously injured after their car crashed through a barrier and down a cliff in Kerikeri early this morning.

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a digger in Tauranga overnight.

A man in his 50s died after falling 10m from a flying fox at a Northland fun park today. St John territory manager Mark Going said an ambulance from Whangarei responded to a call in Maungakaramea at about 5.45pm.

A man is dead and another person is in hospital following a crash on Parewanui Rd in Bulls.