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.

Lynda Veth scalped herself in a freak home accident - by tripping over her dog in the dark and cracking her head open on a door frame.

A woman has admitted causing the death of popular Auckland business leader Chris Heilbronn in a road smash.

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.

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.

A man is in a stable condition today after being impaled through his head by a hook on a piece of equipment at a Bay of Plenty meat works yesterday.

Emergency services are working to free a man impaled on a spreader at a meat processing plant in Bay of Plenty.

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

The congregation at St Paul’s Church is preparing for "a tough couple of weeks" as the fatal crash of a churchgoer on a skiing holiday was announced.

Debris was strewn for almost 1km as a church group smashed into the side of a mountain aboard a helicopter yesterday, killing one and injuring six.

A 28-year-old has died after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed while fleeing police in South Auckland.

An Auckland schoolboy knocked down and dragged beneath a light truck on Thursday afternoon was last night fighting for his life.

A young man with critical leg injuries lay trapped in his crashed ute for more than 12 hours after his vehicle crashed down a bank and into a tree.

Gable Tostee has been charged with murder a week after Kiwi woman Warriena "Rrie" Wright plunged 14 storeys to her death from his Gold Coast apartment balcony.

ACC has released a new report which reveals which area of the country makes the most new claims each year - and the most injury-prone region may surprise you.

Fighting back tears, the sister of a young Kiwi woman who fell to her death from a Gold Coast balcony has described the pain of not knowing what happened.

A man has been charged with causing the death of young Air New Zealand employee nearly six months after the fatal crash.

The Otaki man who was killed when his Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over the Ukraine has been formally identified.

Playtime activities are ending in thousands of hospital admissions each year for Auckland youngsters, new figures show.