The skier who witnessed his fellow adventurer and "great friend" plunge to his death near the summit of Aoraki-Mt Cook has given a harrowing account of what happened.

The family of an outdoor adventurer who fell 300m down a South Island glacier are worried as she has yet to recover consciousness after Sunday's accident.

An advertising campaign for an energy drink with the slogan "burn on" has been erected around the Qatar mall where NZ triplets died in an horrific fire.

A Kiwi skier was shocked to discover his Swedish skiing partner had fallen to his death on Aoraki-Mt Cook just days after they set a new record together.

Rutger Hale's partner believes the mystery of his death from an unknown object could be solved if the driver of a white utility vehicle would just come forward.

A man and his nephew who drowned while trying to save a little girl were preparing for a big week of celebrations, including the young victim's eighth birthday.

Mike Robinson was at 12,000 feet when a second plane carrying other skydivers struck the aircraft he was in, sending them all tumbling toward the ground.

A 7-year-old boy and his 22-year-old uncle who drowned in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday have been named by police.

A 4-year-old Auckland girl was badly burned after a firework thrown by her brother landed in the hood of her pyjamas.

A Swedish extreme-altitude skier who plunged 600m to his death near the peak of Aoraki-Mt Cook had set a new record on the mountain just days earlier.

Ten days before Jason Gibson died, he visited his parents at their Christchurch home.

A husband watched in horror as an oncoming car smashed head-on into his wife's vehicle, travelling behind his.

Police said the collision involved multiple cars and occurred at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Richards Rd in Hikurangi.

A teenager suffered severe burns to his face and upper body when ingredients he was using to make fireworks ignited in the kitchen of his Auckland home.

An immigrant taxi driver charged with careless driving after his wife lost their unborn baby in an accident says he still has faith in the New Zealand justice system.

Rutger Hale and Danielle Oylear's love story began with a chance meeting in a bar, but it was a cruel twist that tore them apart, his funeral service was told yesterday.

Vehicle Inspection New Zealand has said the death of one of its workers was a tragic and unfortunate accident.

A forestry company has been criticised in the death of worker Reece Reid who was too inexperienced to be felling trees.

A grieving mother is pleading with parents never to leave their young children alone in water after her infant son drowned in a bath.

A man has died after being crushed by a vehicle at a Palmerston North vehicle testing facility this afternoon.

A specialist Christchurch-based police search team has been brought in to help in the hunt for a mystery object which killed 22-year-old driver Rutger Hale.

A person has died following a motor vehicle accident near Queenstown.