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False truck crash ad 'ok' now changed
An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.
High-ropes death: wife calls for regulation
The wife of a man who fell to his death at a high-ropes adventure course believes regulation of the outdoor adventure industry may be needed.
Inquest: Couple alert to their peril
It was every parent's worst nightmare; news their child has died while travelling on the other side of the world, their rented campervan swept off the road during a powerful storm.
Victim's bike stolen at crash scene
A motorcyclist is appalled a heartless thief stole her bike and rode off as she lay badly injured on the road after crashing into a 4WD.
Couple tell of drama at sea
Stewart and Sonja Goodsir were on the water heading home after a day's fishing when they noticed the smoke.
Tree Adventures fined over fatal fall
The company responsible for a high ropes course where an Auckland man died has been fined $24,500 and ordered to pay the man's family $80,000 reparation.
Fatal slip: 'It's a tragedy'
A young Canadian couple were killed when their campervan was swept off the road by the second landslide to hit the road they were on, an inquest has ruled.
One dead after crash near Tokoroa
One person has died tonight after a car crash just south of Tokoroa on State Highway 1.
Man dies after falling from a swing rope
A man has died after falling nine metres down a river bank while climbing a swing rope near Palmerston North tonight.
Racers avoid jail over manslaughter
Two teenagers who pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of their friend in an illegal west Auckland street race will not go to jail.
Family 'blown away' by calls
A young Olympic snowboarding hopeful who was killed in a fiery car crash on Sunday would have celebrated his 18th birthday today.
Woman's courage after leg 'severed'
Witnesses have described a woman's incredible courage after her leg was almost severed by the rear tray of a reversing truck.
Police apologise for wrong information
Police have admitted they put out incorrect information about an incident where a female pedestrian was hit by a truck outside an Auckland supermarket.
Crash kills Olympic hopeful
A "bright and talented" teenage snowboarder killed in a fiery car crash was a contender for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
Three vehicle crash partially closes Northland highway
A three-vehicle crash has partially closed a Northland highway this morning after a truck and trailer rolled south of Kawakawa.
Motorcyclist dies following crash
A motorcyclist is dead after crashing near Tauranga this afternoon.
Lift beheads mother in front of son
A young mother was killed in front of her 2-year-old son in an accident that left her trapped in the doors of a lift in a block of flats in Moscow.
School responds after boy's injury
A Napier primary school is cracking down on scooter safety after one of their 6-year-old students lost an eye in an accident at home.
Hero driver saves truckie
A school principal prevented a likely fatal accident by jumping into a 29-tonne truck veering across State Highway 1 after its driver had passed out at the wheel.
Battler's four years of agonising pain
After the Accident Compensation Corporation refused to pay for treating some of her injuries, Yahaloma Hochman feels her life is no longer worth living.
Cycling: Battler back on bike he loves a year after crash
After what Geoff Purcell has been through, you might think he wouldn't be heading out for any last-minute practice rides before this year's Colville Connection on the Coromandel.
Cyclist: 'I'm very lucky I didn't die'
'I've been sleeping.' 10-year-old cyclist Samantha Robertson is aware of how close she came to death in a crash with a car that left her in an induced coma.