Two men, including a police officer, who dove into icy waters to help rescue a passenger from a Tauranga Bridge plunge have spoken about their ordeal.

A bus carrying 27 passengers rolled last night as its driver apparently tried to avoid a truck, leaving six people in hospital.

No-one came to 72-year-old Don Powle aid when he slipped and broke his arm outside the bustling Britomart Train Station in Auckland - an example of the 'bystander effect'.

This is the story of New Zealanders Marty Schmidt and his son Denali, who died trying to summit the world's most dangerous mountain.

Images from Marty and Delani Schmidt's attempted climb of K2.

A man was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries after he fell up to 9m through the roof of a factory at the Port of Tauranga last night.

The pregnant partner of a man killed when his van plunged off a highway bridge in Tauranga will remember him as the "best kind of dad".

The 11-year-old Westport boy killed in a freak cycling accident on the weekend while biking with school mates died "doing what he loved'', his family said today.

A police officer risked his own life to save a person from a river after a vehicle went off a bridge near Tauranga this evening.

A Westport boy died after suffering a serious throat injury in a fall from his bicycle in Westport.

A 21-year-old Christchurch man killed while riding in a buggy yesterday afternoon may not have been wearing a seat belt.

A young man was killed when the off-road buggy he was in crashed in a dry bed of the Waimakariri River this afternoon.

One person has died after crashing their car in a ditch overnight. Police found the man, near Te Te Aroha in the Matamata-Piako district, Waikato just after midnight.

A toddler whose heart stopped after he choked on a sandwich at the home of an Auckland childcare worker should be celebrating his second birthday today.

A friend of speedwing flyer Sean Kerridge has told an inquest he believes the thrill-seeker may've felt pressure to undertake the flight that killed him.

"I could feel every bloody bump on the road," said the farmer who broke his neck in a 4m fall - then mounted his quadbike and rode home.

Two teenagers have appeared in an Auckland court charged with manslaughter over an alleged street race which caused the death of another teen.

A teenage boy was killed when he was hit by a car driven by his friends while playing a game of "possum" on a west Auckland road yesterday, says a resident.

Editorial: If this country is to do the right thing by those who come here to enjoy NZ's well-promoted adventures and outdoor experiences, it is the price we probably ought to pay.

The drowsy driver who caused a head-on smash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard has been left "totally shocked" by today's guilty decision.