As the battle to free 290 from a sunken ferry in South Korea continues, it's emerged texts purported to be sent from trapped children were a hoax.

ACC gives details of tens of thousands of people's injury claims every year to recruitment agencies and prospective employers.

A 26-year-old Gisborne woman is in a critical condition in hospital after her car plunged 15m off the road into a Bay of Plenty river yesterday.

ACC is restarting payments to claimants it had unlawfully cut off for rejecting its demand for wide access to personal information about them.

A judge has overturned ACC's policy of cutting off accident claimants' compensation if they refuse to approve widespread gathering of information about themselves.

A25-year-old dairy farmer shot dead at the weekend was the latest victim of a spate of hunting accidents around the country.

Kiwis trying to save someone else made up half the people who drowned over summer - 'would-be' rescuers who perished while the person they tried to save survived.

A hunter has died in the Longwood Forest, west of Invercargill this afternoon.

Two Westland families are reeling after the death of two close friends in a helicopter crash.

A Hastings engineering firm will pay fines and compensation of $130,000 for failing to take all reasonable steps to protect the safety of worker.

A proud family will farewell a 36-year-old Flaxmere man today, killed in a crash on Wednesday night after the driver missed a bend and crashed into a concrete power pole.

Beware. You may not know it, but there's one day of the year that you're more likely to injure yourself than any other. And that day is looming...

A 23-month-old who died after being hit by a vehicle in the driveway of his South Auckland home may have been running to greet his father.

Aman charged with fracturing the skull of a 10-month-old in his care and breaking another seven of the boy's bones has blamed his children for the injuries.

A toddler has died after he was hit by a reversing vehicle in a driveway in Auckland last night.

The moment Matt Stewart clicked his safety harness on to the line, he realised his mistake. It very nearly cost him his life.

A teenager has died after being hit by a car in Canterbury.

A cyclist in her early 50s was killed when her bike and a semi-trailer truck collided in Palmerston North today.

A haulage driver and his son were lucky to escape alive after a horrific early-morning smash with a light truck, in which the driver died instantly,

Police want the power to remove incompetent or inexperienced drivers - including overseas tourists - from NZ roads, after a crash in which two people died.

Two hours before a woman crashed into two motorcyclists, killing them, a motorist reported her "erratic" driving behaviour to police via a *555 call.

A school principal who jumped into a moving truck when its driver had passed out, received special recognition for his efforts today.

A man who severed his fingers with a skillsaw near Napier last night is having surgery this morning.