Kerre McIvor says the media must stop inferring that police are somehow at fault with pursuits that end tragically.

Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a crash that claimed the lives of three young men in Auckland this morning.

A person has been killed and another seriously injured at the Hanmer Rally today.

Safety fears were raised months ago over the super-fast yacht in which Olympic gold-medallist Andrew Simpson died, it was revealed last night.

Police say they will change the way they handle pursuits after three people died while fleeing police in Gisborne.

An inquiry into the deaths of three people following a police pursuit found the chase should have been abandoned earlier, and the officer did not fully comply with policy.

A helicopter which went down in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour was the first of its kind and was due to feature in a helicopter expo in Russia in a few days.

Editorial: New Zealand must be very careful to ensure it is seen as a place where adventure can be had without an undue endangering of life.

The Civil Aviation Authority may have been able to pursue legal action against the pilot involved in the Fox Glacier tragedy had he survived, but it was unable to lay charges against the company responsible for the ill-fated operation.

The father of a British man killed in the Fox Glacier tragedy says the Government has failed to improve the safety of adventure tourism and New Zealand remains too dangerous.

A skydiving plane carrying nine people was over the allowable weight limit and unbalanced when it plummeted to the ground and burst into flames, the Coroner says.

The former partner of Chami Senadhira has rejected the coroner's finding that a pilot-related factor may have been a cause of the crash which claimed nine lives.

The number of children seriously hurt while riding push scooters has skyrocketed with their popularity. More than 6000 under-14s were injured last year.

An alleged drink driver has struck and injured two young girls while reversing from a driveway in the Bay of Plenty.

Two people were injured as a car was crushed between two buses in an Auckland suburb this morning.

A rescue is underway in Northland after a tractor went down a bank near Maungaturoto.

Ship crews must decide on an agreed common language to avoid lapsing into their native tongue during an emergency, says an inquiry into the grounding of a vessel in Tauranga.

A driver in a crash that killed a young Otago man has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail and disqualified from driving for four years.

A grieving mother has made an emotional plea to a mystery motorist linked to the crash that killed her teenage daughter.

A male cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being hit by a car in Auckland's Herne Bay this morning.

A campaign targeting motorists who run red or orange lights or fail to follow road rules at intersections started in Hamilton yesterday to try and prevent further crashes.