The mother of a young woman killed in an alleged drink-driving accident is calling for a zero tolerance approach towards drink driving.

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.

Ah summer. Icecream, jandals, BBQs, long hot days at the beach....and hundreds of thousands of injury claims to ACC.

A 10-year-old girl was last night in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle on a rural road - the latest in a series of bad cycling accidents.

A smashed Aston Martin sports car has sparked the attention of car enthusiasts after it was put up for auction.

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.

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.

Two people have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision outside Palmerston North this afternoon.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A young man killed when a speeding car smashed into a house was the last of three brothers.

A teenage girl caught in a rip had stopped breathing by the time lifeguards plucked her, limp and grey, from the sea.

Clumsy Kiwis have fallen into gutters, crashed into trees and collided with other people while texting and walking.

Ironman veteran Garth Barfoot is recovering in hospital with a broken femur after a car hit him while he was out cycling.

An Auckland port worker was hospitalised after falling at least 30 metres from the side of a boat yesterday.

An Owaka man was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital after a quad bike rolled in the Catlins yesterday.

Soaring to 1000m above sea level, out of control, vomiting, and heading for the Pacific Ocean, Howard Hudson thought he was going to die.

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.

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.

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.

A cyclist was killed after colliding with a car on a rural road yesterday morning.

A forestry worker killed by a falling log in Marlborough yesterday has been named as William Bryant.

There are "deeply ingrained systemic issues'' in the forestry industry, New Zealand's work safety regulator says, following the death of another forestry worker this morning.

Police have named the 3-month-old boy who died after suffering serious injuries at a Southland address on Monday. He was Honour Shamrock

A training ride turned to tragedy when Kiwi businesswoman Casey Kinnaird lost control of her bike and collided with a vehicle in Sydney.