A single flower with a note saying "Rest in Peace friend" last night marked the spot where a 37-year-old cyclist was killed in a collision with a truck.

Cycling campaigners fear more deaths or injuries in downtown Auckland unless an off-road bikeway being built through Grafton Gully is extended to the waterfront.

A van carrying eight members of a family plunging 15m from State Highway 5 near Te Haraoto on Jan 2 got the New Year off to a bad start.

Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, Auckland yesterday afternoon.

Bystanders were powerless to save a cyclist at one of Auckland's busiest intersections as police reveal the truckie had a green light and was unaware he'd hit the rider.

A truck driver did not know a cyclist had gone under the wheels of his truck until he was alerted by other motorists some 70 metres away, police say.

The family of a 6-year-old Invercargill boy who died after a quad bike crash said they are "deeply saddened'' by the accident.

A man who died when his motorcycle and a car collided in Waikato at the weekend was part of a larger group returning to Auckland from a tour of the South Island.

Ladder-related injuries are costing Kiwis almost $17 million a year, and those aged 50 to 64 are taking the most tumbles.

The partner of a jetboater killed after hitting a tree is traumatised after a shocking high-speed tragedy marred a summer outing on a Hawke's Bay river yesterday.

Two aviators had a lucky escape after their aircraft suffered a fuel leak and caught fire this afternoon.

Schumacher had an almost pathological desire to win, which blurred ethical lines more than once in his career.

Toys that can choke children, blenders that leave blades in food and ladders that fail safety tests are just some of nearly 150 products recalled in NZ since 2012.

Sikh priests were urgently ushered into the intensive care unit to pray for the most critically injured victims of the Hawkes Bay crash that injured eight relatives.

The driver of a van that plunged 15m down a sheer cliff is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel.

School injuries are on the rise - with explosions, scalding liquid, and fungi ingestion among the causes of more than 77,600 injuries in the past year.

A Hamilton woman killed when her car and a bus collided had just graduated from university and had a fresh start in a new job.

The number of people killed on our roads this year is the lowest since 1950, down 17 per cent on the previous year.

A motorcyclist has died just off State Highway 1 north of Bulls this morning, taking the holiday road toll to six.

One person is dead after a bus and car collided in Hamilton today, bringing the holiday road toll to five.

A mother trapped in a rolled van was asking rescuers about her baby daughter as she slipped in and out of consciousness. The 11-month-old girl died hours later.

Alice Mooney saw the horse rear and then watched as it fell towards her and slammed her into the ground.

A taxi driver feels lucky to have escaped death after his car was swept away by the swollen Silver Stream near Dunedin.

Police say they are confident the body recovered from Nelson Lakes National Park yesterday afternoon is that of missing British tramper Andrew Ian Wyatt.

Search and rescue teams looking for a British tramper have found a body at the bottom of a 100m cliff.