A 17-year-old youth was cut from a vehicle after a three car crash on State Highway 57 near Linton this morning.

Two teenagers allegedly crashed a stolen car into the side of a building in Nelson overnight.

The Serious Crash Unit has been called in to investigate the fatal crash that claimed the life of kindergarten teacher Pam McGarva.

The inquest into the Carterton hot air balloon disaster left victims’ families reeling from revelations about the balloon’s pilot — and asking why authorities didn’t act.

A man was killed after being hit by a car in Palmerston North early this morning.

The wife of a man crushed between two trucks near Auckland airport this morning is by his bedside as he remains in a critical condition in hospital.

One person has been seriously injured after a car left the road and crashed on train tracks south of Auckland this evening.

An adventure company has been found guilty over the death of an Australian tourist two years ago.

Today's memorial service for Malaysia Airlines victim Rob Ayley will be held at the same church where he regularly played the drums.

Malaysian Airlines is set for a brand overhaul after two major tragedies in the last six months, it emerged today.

France says there are no survivors from the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali and several families have been been wiped out in the tragedy.

The family of Rob Ayley, who was killed on flight MH17, will hold a private memorial tomorrow while they wait for his body to be returned.

US patient Johnny Lee Banks sues doctors over circumcision that ended up as amputation.

A novice rally driver has put his two high-performance racing cars up for sale after cheating death in an horrific crash just five months ago.

Malaysia Airlines' website has gone dark. In keeping with airline practice after a crash, its special "dark site" is free of logos and the imagery of its standard home page.

Feeling rattled? A series of earthquakes have shaken the lower North Island this morning.

A young woman whose car crashed "head first" down a 60m bank before flipping managed to crawl out of the vehicle and phone emergency services and family.

The 19-year-old Australian visitor to Queenstown who fell from a hotel balcony remains in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital, police say.

A young West Auckland plumber has been sentenced to almost two years in prison after the deaths of two of his friends while he was driving drunk last year.

A woman who died in a mid-air collision had noticed flaws in the aviation industry and was trying to make changes, according to her father.

Survivor of the Anzac Day helicopter crash Sergeant Stevin Creeggan has endured years of pain and humiliating treatment from the Air Force, but his family are speaking out.