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![More tests for deadly mystery object](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
More tests for deadly mystery object
Particulates from the mystery object which killed a driver last year are now being studied by Otago University researchers after ESR tests weren't definitive.
![Dad keeps bedside vigil](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dad keeps bedside vigil
A girl who crashed into a car as she rode her bike south of Auckland on Thursday is a "free and strong spirit" who is giving herself every chance of pulling through, her father says.
![Calls for zero tolerance for drink driving](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Calls for zero tolerance for drink driving
The mother of a young woman killed in an alleged drink-driving accident is calling for a zero tolerance approach towards drink driving.
![Bike collision happened on driveway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bike collision happened on driveway
A 10-year-old girl who was critically injured when she crashed into a car had been riding her bike up and down a friend's driveway.
![Hot sand burns + 440k other ACC claims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hot sand burns + 440k other ACC claims
Ah summer. Icecream, jandals, BBQs, long hot days at the beach....and hundreds of thousands of injury claims to ACC.
![Crash officer appalled at 'fabrication'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crash officer appalled at 'fabrication'
The first officer on the scene of a crash, which police tried to blame on a truck driver for using his mobile phone, says there was never any suggestion the truckie was at fault.
![Ironman days over after cycling crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ironman days over after cycling crash
Seasoned Auckland triathlete Garth Barfoot hopes to get back in the saddle after an emergency hip replacement following a serious bike crash, but admits his Ironman days are over.
![Two people hospitalised after head-on collision](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two people hospitalised after head-on collision
Two people have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision outside Palmerston North this afternoon.
![Call for more motorcycle safety measures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Call for more motorcycle safety measures
A coroner is calling for more safety measures at raceways after a 19-year-old motorcyclist died almost a month after he lost control at high speed and slammed helmet-first into a tyre barrier.
![Smashed Aston Martin up for auction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Smashed Aston Martin up for auction
A smashed Aston Martin sports car, which was written off when a Chinese tourist crashed into a light pole last year, has been put up for auction.
![Miraculous escape after bridge plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Miraculous escape after bridge plunge
A driver has had what emergency workers dubbed a miraculous escape after surviving a 40-metre plunge off a bridge in his vehicle, which landed upside-down in a river.
![One family - four sons lost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
One family - four sons lost
A West Coast family have been left devastated after losing the last of four sons at the weekend, with all of the young men being killed in tragic circumstances.
![Crash survivor: Police wrong over ad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crash survivor: Police wrong over ad
An innocent victim who survived a crash featured in a new road safety campaign says police have misled people and unfairly blamed a truck driver involved.
![Killer crash puzzles gliding folk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Killer crash puzzles gliding folk
Glider pilot Trent Miller died doing what he loved - but he shouldn't have. Miller's glider crashed last week in circumstances still under probe by the Civil Aviation Authority.
![Texting-related injuries on the rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Texting-related injuries on the rise
Clumsy Kiwis have fallen into gutters, crashed into trees and collided with other people while texting and walking.
![New mates my lifesavers, says climber](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New mates my lifesavers, says climber
Climber Heather Rhodes has no memory of the 300m fall that almost took her life on the Cameron Glacier in the Southern Alps in November.
![Ironman vet injured on ride](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ironman vet injured on ride
Ironman veteran Garth Barfoot is recovering in hospital with a broken femur after a car hit him while he was out cycling.
![Hefty bill for Aston Martin crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hefty bill for Aston Martin crash
A Chinese man's holiday to NZ took an expensive turn when he crashed his $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide on Tamaki Dr, with another $14,000 bill for the light pole he hit.
![Auckland port worker badly injured in fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland port worker badly injured in fall
An Auckland port worker was hospitalised after falling at least 30 metres from the side of a boat yesterday.
![Man crawls 150m for help after quad bike rolls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man crawls 150m for help after quad bike rolls
An Owaka man was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital after a quad bike rolled in the Catlins yesterday.
![Paraglider's petrifying plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paraglider's petrifying plunge
Soaring to 1000m above sea level, out of control, vomiting, and heading for the Pacific Ocean, Howard Hudson thought he was going to die.
![Bridges accused of duty 'dereliction'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bridges accused of duty 'dereliction'
Labour says it is "pathetic" that Minister of Labour Simon Bridges will not commit to attending an industry led-review of safety in the forestry industry.
![Help for family after sand death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Help for family after sand death
Food, donations and offers of help are pouring in to support the family of a boy killed after a hole he was digging in the sand collapsed and suffocated him.
![Toddler struck by vehicle in driveway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Toddler struck by vehicle in driveway
A 2-year-old girl suffered a serious cut to her head when she was hit by a car on the driveway of her Mangere home this morning.
![Teacher on bike killed in tragic collision](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teacher on bike killed in tragic collision
A cyclist was killed after colliding with a car on a rural road yesterday morning.