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.

The privacy waiver form used by ACC for 1.7 million claims a year is unlawful, a lawyer says.

A 56-year-old Tuatapere man has been charged in connection with a fatal hunting shooting in Southland earlier this month.

A 4-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a quad bike accident this afternoon.

Wanaka firm Adventure Consultants has cancelled its 2014 Everest expedition following Friday's fatal avalanche.

'I can't imagine stepping over them.' Most sherpas have decided to leave Everest, saying they will not climb the mountain while their friends are still buried in the snow.

Police are warning drivers to pay attention on rural roads after a head-on collision near Paeroa yesterday morning.

A 5-year-old boy has died in a driveway incident in Pokeno this afternoon, the second fatal incident involving a child in Counties Manukau District in only two weeks.

Police investigating a fatal west Auckland car crash are looking into whether one car cutting off another began a deadly chain of events.

A mother whose car left the road and plunged 15m into a river in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday was still seriously ill yesterday.

An elderly man who died after crashing his car into a tree in Auckland two days ago has been identified as Robert Nikora, 74, of Papatoetoe.

The husband of a woman killed in a four-car crash begged her to wake up and get off the road as their young son screamed in agony

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.