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.

A bus reversing over a gas main in Whangarei sparked mass evacuations in the suburb of Kamo this morning.

Part of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year collapsed today, causing significant damage and killing two people, authorities said.

Police have released the names of the two people who were killed in a motor vehicle crash at Bankside, south of Dunsandel, on Monday.

The driver of a vehicle that crashed in Samoa - killing two Kiwi men - is set to face charges later this week.

An Auckland man and his daughter who helped rescue a "totally unprepared" German tourist who'd slipped down Mt Ruapehu believes the young man would have died.

A night out in Samoa ended in tragedy for two Kiwi men who were killed in a car accident.

Wanja Drees cried out in pain for 20 minutes before he realised help wasn't coming. He was stuck on Mt Ruapehu with a broken leg after tumbling 100m.

A teenager who fell 100m down Mt Ruapehu might have died if not for his quick thinking - and shoe laces.

A man is dead after a wall fell on him as he worked in his Blenheim garden yesterday.

A person is dead after a stone wall fell on them in Blenheim this afternoon.

Bungy pioneer AJ Hackett is lucky to be alive after a high-speed head-on road crash in Queenstown.

'I just saw the whole slab that just came down and all you could hear was the guys screaming.' A witness describes a half-built mall collapse where 50 are trapped.

The third anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy will be marked today with a minute's silence and the laying of a wreath.

A woman who fell 15 metres from Lion Rock at Piha yesterday was outside the safety barriers, emergency services say.

Passengers on a steam train excursion from Paekakariki to Wanganui got more than a gentle ride on a piece of history when a car crashed and rolled on to the track a few hundred metres in front of them.

A man is dead after his car rolled multiple times yesterday.