Two Westland families are reeling after the death of two close friends in a helicopter crash.

A Hastings engineering firm will pay fines and compensation of $130,000 for failing to take all reasonable steps to protect the safety of worker.

A proud family will farewell a 36-year-old Flaxmere man today, killed in a crash on Wednesday night after the driver missed a bend and crashed into a concrete power pole.

Beware. You may not know it, but there's one day of the year that you're more likely to injure yourself than any other. And that day is looming...

Aman charged with fracturing the skull of a 10-month-old in his care and breaking another seven of the boy's bones has blamed his children for the injuries.

A 23-month-old who died after being hit by a vehicle in the driveway of his South Auckland home may have been running to greet his father.

A toddler has died after he was hit by a reversing vehicle in a driveway in Auckland last night.

The moment Matt Stewart clicked his safety harness on to the line, he realised his mistake. It very nearly cost him his life.

A teenager has died after being hit by a car in Canterbury.

A cyclist in her early 50s was killed when her bike and a semi-trailer truck collided in Palmerston North today.

A haulage driver and his son were lucky to escape alive after a horrific early-morning smash with a light truck, in which the driver died instantly,

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.

Evening peak-time traffic was diverted for more than two hours on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway yesterday after a truck leaked a 3km trail of paint.

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.