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.

Aucklanders have been put on notice that trying to dodge railway crossing barrier arms will become deadlier when the city's first electric passenger trains start running soon.

A man injured in a fall at Speight's Brewery earlier this week has died.

Family are preparing to farewell 18-month-old Mila Tamihana, who died after being hit by a vehicle in the driveway of her West Auckland home.

Five people were injured in a two-car crash in Wairarapa this morning.

A woman was seriously injured after a motorcycle slammed into a traffic light pole in Tauranga yesterday.

Auckland businessman Chris Heilbronn killed in motorcycle accident in Omaha.

The scene of a fatal collision between a car and a motorbike in the Bay of Plenty has been examined by police.

An elderly passenger killed after rocks smashed into the car she was in has been identified as 75-year-old Heather Joy Thompson of New Plymouth.

The owners of four dogs which mauled a young girl in their back garden have been charged.

A South Auckland intersection that claimed 50 casualties in a decade has topped a list of the country's 100 most dangerous intersections.

Residents were allowed back into their Auckland homes after a hydrochloric acid spill this morning cleared parts of New Windsor, Mt Albert and Blockhouse Bay.

Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club president Bruce Govenlock says the deaths of his friend and a UK pilot in today's plane crash were a "terrible tragedy''.

A man has died in a crash in Northland this morning.

Three people were injured after a car crashed into a power pole this morning, causing a fire.

One person has died in a crash on State Highway 5 between Taupo and Rotorua.

A Northland family on a day trip and a local triathlete "jumped into action" to help save a 4-year-old boy after his father went into cardiac arrest.

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will continue indefinitely in the ocean off West Australia, but authorities want to be clear the effort could be fruitless.