Blade Nathan-Burdett looks around his Whenuapai home. It's a drizzly day, and there's not much to smile about.

A string of hunting accidents is proof New Zealand's firearms laws need to be reviewed, a leading gun control advocate says.

Auckland motorists are being urged to avoid the Ash Street area of Avondale in Auckland after a car hit a tree.

The wife of a New Zealander missing on Malaysia Airlines MH370 is spearheading a new victims' group pushing authorities to "share and release" information about the ill-fated flight

The death of a talented Australian tennis coach, who disappeared in Hamilton late last year and was found drowned in the Waikato River, was accidental, a coroner has ruled.

The father of two preschoolers badly injured in a crash that killed their mother wants to start a campaign to stop people texting while driving.

Garth Barfoot has waived $11,000 in reparation a court ordered the woman who knocked him off his bicycle to pay him.

An experienced lineman had isolated the wrong line then lied to his employer prior to his death about carrying out proper safety checks, an inquest has heard.

The partner of a man who drowned at a beach known for its unpredictable conditions says a local motel owner told the family it was safe, new coroner's findings reveal.

A man and a woman were seriously injured when they were thrown from their out-of-control car on the road from Castlepoint, in Wairarapa, about 7pm.

A four-year-old boy injured in a quad-bike crash in Canterbury last month has died in hospital.

Donations are flowing in for two Tauranga children seriously hurt in a crash that killed their mother, Tracey O'Brien, as she was driving past a Bay of Plenty wedding venue.

Two northbound lanes of Auckland's southern motorway have been closed following a serious crash near Gillies Ave.

Two people have been injured in a collision between a bus and a milk tanker in Southland.

A man escaped with minor injuries when hit by a vehicle on State Highway 1 south of Woodlands, Southland.

A male pedestrian has been critically injured after being hit by a car south of Woodlands in Southland.

Two children continue to fight for their lives after a car crash that took the life of their mother yesterday.

A loving 28-year-old father who fell from his motorcycle in Waipukurau nine days ago has passed away in Wellington Hospital.

Part of Auckland's Southern Motorway northbound is down to one lane after a van rolled this evening.

In the aftermath of a violent head-on smash, with her youngest child screaming for "mummy", Debbie Bell looked at her legs and knew she was in trouble.

Eight men have been injured, two critically, in a collision between a van and a logging truck in Hawkes Bay.

Fifty-one workers were killed while they were doing their jobs last year, the Council of Trade Unions says.

A 19-year-old has died after the car he was in, which was carrying four others, crashed south of Dunedin early today.

A young mother-of-four who "lived every day for her babies" was yesterday farewelled in a moving, tear-filled ceremony after she was killed on a notorious stretch of highway.

A man who died after the ute he was driving in rural North Canterbury rolled and crushed him yesterday morning has been named.

A father saw his daughters' faces flash before him as he risked his life, diving into the surf to save two girls caught in a rip at a Hawkes Bay beach yesterday.

Three lives have been claimed on the Riversdale-Waikaia Road in Southland late last night, according to police.

As the dog lead tightened around her neck, Maxine Lozell feared she would die at the hands of her attackers.

In 1995, 20-year-old Travis Roy was making his debut for the Boston College ice hockey team when 11 seconds into his collegiate career he mistimed a hit on an opponent and slammed hard into the boards, breaking the C4-C5 vertebrae in his neck.