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Two dead after Kumeu crash
Two people are dead after the van they were in left the road north-west of Auckland early this morning.

Hayden Donnell: Trapped in a moment
When you find out someone you love is hurt, the world contracts itself inwards. In that instant, the only thing that matters is the crisis unfolding before you. Nothing existed before it.

Motorist to meet victims' families
A motorist who collided with a group of Hamilton cyclists last month, killing one of them and injuring two, will meet his victims' families.

Items recovered in missing yacht search
Searchers are unsure of the source of two plastic containers, found today in the hunt for the missing yacht Nina.

You've just got to do it, says bridge hero
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.

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

Man injured after factory fall
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.

Bridge plunge victim the 'best dad'
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".

Boy died 'doing what he loved'
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.

Bridge crash: One missing
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.

Unclear if seatbelt worn in fatal crash
A 21-year-old Christchurch man killed while riding in a buggy yesterday afternoon may not have been wearing a seat belt.

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

Miracle boy sparks playground alarm
A 3-year-old boy has woken from a three-week coma after suffering horrific head injuries in a fall at an Auckland playground.

Mountain tragedy pair were 'the best'
Sequoia Di Angelo knows exactly why her father and brother continued up treacherous K2 while the rest of the team retreated.

Fatal car crash in Waikato ditch
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.

Choke child's prognosis 'up in the air'
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.

Speedwing flyer 'was pushing himself'
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.

3km ride for help - with a broken neck
"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.