The father of a Christchurch woman killed in a car crash on Friday night says the family are working through their "shock and grief" at the loss of his daughter.

A keen boatie died in a horror towing accident in his driveway on the Kapiti Coast yesterday.

A dog alerted a council worker to a man who was lying seriously injured after riding his bike into a sink hole in Waihi.

An elderly man has been badly burnt on an island off the Bay of Plenty coast today.

School friends of Nick Stubbs say they'll keep searching the sea everyday until they find their mate.

When Nick Stubbs and a mate left Martins Bay near Warkworth in a red fibreglass boat at 5pm on Tuesday, he told loved ones they 'wouldn't be long'.

A woman has died and a man is critically injured following a crash in Whanganui this morning.

Truck driver Shane Runga was on his way to pick up his last load of the day when he says he came across a car driving towards him on his side of the road.

A missing diabetic Mount Maunganui man drew on all his survival instincts after suffering a head injury after he fell down a ridge while hunting on the East Cape.

A snowboarder who slipped on ice at the top of a steep cliff before plummeting 15 metres was lucky to survive, an onlooker says.

"It was horrible, I've never seen so much blood." Two women have described rushing to help a boatie who was deeply cut in the groin by a propeller.

Four skiers and snowboarders who plummeted 15 metres from a cliff and slid 200 metres over ice were airlifted from Mt Ruapehu in a dramatic high altitude rescue yesterday.

A man has turned himself in to police after a car ploughed into a Titirangi cafe last night.

A piece of paper caught in a tree led searchers to the wreckage of a missing helicopter and the body of pilot Damian Webster in Kahurangi National Park.

A series of poor decisions and missed opportunities may have contributed to the deaths of two climbers after they spent two freezing nights stuck near the summit of Mt Taranaki.

A car mounted the pavement and struck stunned a diner before ploughing into a Titirangi café tonight.

Two people have died in a two vehicle crash in Waikato.

The family of a pilot who has been missing since his helicopter disappeared near Nelson two days ago are going through hell, his uncle says.

Northbound Auckland traffic backed up beyond Mt Wellington after a six-car crash at Spaghetti Junction blocked several lanes yesterday.

A logging truck driver who led police on a "bizarre" high-speed chase after being pepper-sprayed was eventually subdued with a Taser.