NZ workers and businesses are to be denied almost $180 million in ACC levy cuts next year as recommended by the corporation, leaving it with an embarrassment of riches.

Police have resorted to phoning rental companies to remove unsafe tourist drivers from the road.

The husband of a Taranaki grandmother killed while trying to remove barriers from a highway has urged those responsible to "man up" and come forward.

Silvio Kors' first concern after hearing a loud bang and seeing his windscreen crack while driving was that he'd hit someone.

A woman was killed on a Taranaki highway after someone "stupidly" blocked a lane by intentionally placing barriers across the road, police say.

Local boaties came to the assistance of four paua divers when their boat overturned in strong wind gusts yesterday.

A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.

One person is dead after a two-car crash on the Kaimai Range this yesterday afternoon.

One person is dead after a two-car crash on the Kaimai Range yesterday afternoon.

Dutch and Australian experts have gathered more remains from the crash site of Flight MH17 in east Ukraine.

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

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.

Two cars linked to a Waikato home invasion where two teenagers were shot last night have been found by police.

Complaints were made about balloon pilot Lance Hopping being too impaired to fly, and cheating on his pilot's test before the Carterton disaster, but no action was taken.

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.