Soup, slippers, umbrellas, heaters and firewood aren't as comforting on a cold winter's day as you'd like, with all also contributing to nasty injuries, ACC warns.

The first words from a young Briton who survived a fall from the 15th floor of an Auckland city apartment block were "what an idiot".

An 11-year-old boy who ran 6km in the dark to get help for his dad after a car crash will be protected from reading a coroner's comments that praise his heroic actions.

The wreckage of a car crash that killed 18-year-old Oliver Steven Mills lay unnoticed for up to nine hours in a water-filled ditch early yesterday morning.

A young Briton who survived a fall from the 15th floor of an Auckland city apartment block is expected to make a full recovery.

A crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway has killed a man and caused chaos for commuters.

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from the 15th floor of an Auckland apartment building because he had locked himself out, police say.

Kerre McIvor loves seeing kids going to school on their scooters. It looks like such fun, such a kid thing to do.

A shearing worker is thought to have severed an artery in his arm after a sheep kicked out a glass window and he cut himself.

A two-year-old child drowned in a hole containing water on a rural property near Gore yesterday afternoon.

An adventure company responsible for a rock-climbing expedition during which three people were swept to their deaths has pleaded guilty to failing to ensure their safety.

The driver of a van which rolled four times, killing three US tourists, screamed "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" as the vehicle flipped, an inquest has heard.

Three Canadian men who were in a plane that crashed into one of Antarctica's highest mountains have officially been pronounced dead by a NZ coroner.

Three American students killed when their van rolled near Turangi last year could be alive today if they had been wearing seatbelts, an inquest has heard.

A year after the Turangi crash that killed three US students, its most scarred survivor remains determined to return to thank those who saved her life.

The widow and mother of multi-millionaire Michael Erceg have gone to court in a dispute over the liquor tycoon's estate.

Quad bike-related claims cost the Government nearly $12 million last year and, despite extended safety campaigns, riders continue to die.

Police have named a Timaru man who was crushed to death by his car while trying to remove the oil filter.

The man who crashed into and killed a TV3 staff member was two times over the legal blood alcohol limit, police allege.

A Herald analysis of Transport Agency data collected from 67 districts has revealed the deadliest parts of the country in terms of personal risk to road users.

Charlotte Christie fears driving along the winding Gisborne-to-Wairoa road after writing off her car in a pile-up on a blind bend in which another motorist lost an arm.

An 83-year-old spent weeks in hospital after she was hit by a car and was then smacked with a bill for $1800 by the driver's insurance company.

The families of two fishermen who drowned at Lake Arapuni say they may never know how their loved ones came to grief.

The trial of a man over the death of Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard in a car crash has been adjourned until July 19.

A truck and trailer rolled in Waikato overnight but the driver was not injured.

The mother of a 12-year-old boy hit by a car as he walked home from school is being chased for damages by the driver's insurance company.