People with chronic health conditions cost the accident compensation system 59 per cent more than healthy people without those conditions, researchers have found.

Peter Larmer's quiet Sunday at home on his Levin farm was shattered when a car crashed through two fences and a verandah post, and came to rest upside down on his lawn.

Alzheimer's sufferer Jie Rong Luo had a habit of wandering off on her own - so when her family put her in a rest home they asked that she not be left alone outside.

A woman suffered serious injuries when her car crashed down a 30-metre bank and landed in a swamp in South Taranaki.

A 24-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car in Wellington in the early hours of this morning.

A serious crash has injured two people - one critically - and closed part of State Highway 1 just north of Warkworth.

A 30-year-old man has died following a motorbike crash in Dannevirke overnight.

Rugby officials say they are committed to "making good" with the three victims of a fireworks malfunction that fired shrapnel into the stands at Eden Park a week ago, but the cause is not likely to be revealed for a number of weeks.

When Jamie Trower took a wrong turn on Mt Ruapehu as a 9-year-old, his life became a complex mix of medical jargon and rehab.

Novice urges snow-lovers to take more care after brush with death on Mt Ruapehu.

An inquest into the death of a rally car driver has begun in Christchurch this morning.

"I was told I wouldn't get those sensations back." Gaining some feeling in his lower body has given quadriplegic Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele hope.

Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele has taken a "huge step" in his recovery, after being rendered quadriplegic in a devastating accident in the United States.

Several All Black fans were injured after being struck by a stray firework at Eden Park tonight.

A man has been cut out of his truck after it crashed on the West Coast this morning, injuring both his legs.

A group of friends who were on board a helicopter that crashed last weekend - killing one of them - have paid tribute to a "bloody good mate" who lived for adventure.

One of the individuals behind the Ice Bucket Challenge to support Lou Gehrig's disease research has died in a diving accident.

Jerome Box was tragically killed when the helicopter he was in crashed into Mt Alta.

A meat worker who took a hook through his head from behind was dragged with the chain, as his workmate rushed to stop the machine.