The man killed in an early morning crash near Te Poi in Waikato on Wednesday was Grant Scott Gilmer of Tauranga, police say.

Fences capable of holding 2500 tonnes of rock will be installed at the Diana Falls slip next year where two Canadian tourists were swept to their deaths.

Judge Jane Farish was doubtless on the mark when she said yesterday that the likelihood of a prosecution of Peter Whittall was "extremely low" and the case may never have reached trial.

The husband of a woman who died when their car plunged into a creek fought to control the car as she became unresponsive at the wheel moments before the fatal crash.

Forensic scientists have made "some progress" towards identifying the object which struck and killed motorist Rutger Hale near Lake Hawea seven weeks ago, police say.

A 17-year-old boy killed this week on a Hastings orchard was a bright, ambitious kid with it "all in front of him" just days after finishing his final year at high school.

A pensioner is recovering in hospital after crashing his motorbike.

Rapper Scribe has spoken of his family's relief that someone has been charged over the death of a "favourite" aunty.

Maryanne Butler-Finlay lost her husband Charles Finlay in a forestry accident in July. His was the seventh forestry-related death of the year and his family hoped he would be the last.

A woman has died after her car crashed into a horse on a rural road near Christchurch.

A driver has been thrown from his truck when it rolled south of Auckland.

A truck driver whose vehicle was in a collision with a freight train at Kumeu yesterday was in a critical but stable condition in Auckland City Hospital last night after surgery.

Union official: Engineer caught himself nodding at controls before deadly NYC train derailment.

A train that derailed in New York City, killing four people, was hurtling at 82mph (132km/h) as it approached a 30mph (48km/h) zone.

An elderly couple 'blinded' by a lightning strike on their home believe they had a lucky escape - they'd hung up the phone moments before it burst into flames.

The introduction of a corporate manslaughter law to deal with work-related deaths in New Zealand is "unlikely", says Prime Minister John Key.

A train hurtled off the tracks in a New York suburb, killing at least four people, injuring 67 and coming perilously close to plunging into a freezing river.

Two teenagers struck by cars in separate incidents near Rotorua over the weekend remain in critical conditions in hospital.

A teenager was walking away from an argument when she was allegedly run over by a drunken friend.

The sister of an Auckland woman killed by a drink driver said sending the man responsible to prison wouldn't bring back her sister.