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.

Richard Davies blames himself for the crash that killed his father, but says he's not irresponsible behind the wheel.

A driver speeding at 150km/h dropped a hitch-hiker off on the side of the road before continuing to flee police until his car caught fire.

A terrifying roller coaster ride in the sky turned Fuzzy Maiava's life upside down. Six years later, the ride goes on.

A Hollywood actor and director visiting Auckland got more drama than he bargained for when he injured himself running in fear from a clown with a chainsaw.

Two men had lucky escapes after separate accidents in the skies.

Commuters in and around Auckland are being urged to show patience as traffic is hindered by several gridlocks.

Two motorcyclists are injured after their vehicles crashed in Taranaki today.

She has stood on a rake, fallen down stairs, cut her finger cooking and smashed her head on the corner of a window, but Janet Uttinger says she's not accident prone.

The parents of an Auckland woman who died with her partner on a climbing trip to Mt Taranaki have spoken for the first time of the "big gap" left in their lives.

A lumber yard worker has been helicoptered to hospital after being trapped by a forklift in Kawerau this morning.

Last Labour Weekend one person was killed on the roads - 16-year-old Ricky Pettigrew. Today, his family have a message for other drivers, especially young people.

Friends of an Auckland couple who died on Mt Taranaki after getting stranded last Labour weekend are set to climb the peak to remember them this weekend.

Paralysed cyclist David Keys has resigned himself to the fact life as he knew it has ended, days after crashing his bike into a sinkhole in Waihi.

An unnamed ACC employee was paid over $800,000 last year. So who is this person - likely NZ's highest paid public servant?

Australian health insurer Medibank has won a bid to manage sexual abuse claims for the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).