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![Coroner launches probe into quad bike deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Coroner launches probe into quad bike deaths
A Northland farmer who campaigned for tractor safety says now is the time to adopt similar procedures to prevent further quad bike deaths.
![Soccer goal fractures student's skull](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Soccer goal fractures student's skull
A pupil at Wakatipu High School suffered a fractured skull when a soccer goal tipped and fell on him.
![Man's throat cut by glass](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man's throat cut by glass
A man's throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday.
![Trapped teen calls own ambulance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trapped teen calls own ambulance
A 19-year-old man who rolled his ute called his own ambulance after laying trapped for two hours with spinal injuries.
![Survivors 'lucky' in crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Survivors 'lucky' in crash
Two "lucky" women continue to recover in hospital today after surviving a head-on crash involving a convertible Audi on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last night.
![Yachties despair as thieves strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Yachties despair as thieves strike
A New Zealander rescued from a stricken yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has been left penniless after thieves stripped her vessel when it washed up in Australia.
![Learn from tragedy, police urge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Learn from tragedy, police urge
Police are urging young people to take lessons from the tragedy that killed Cheyenne Hemana, 17, and her two nephews.
![Belated probe into crossing accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Belated probe into crossing accident
The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.
!['We're mums, we're dads. Share the road'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We're mums, we're dads. Share the road'
The sister of a woman killed in a cycling accident has made an emotional plea at her funeral for motorists to share the road with cyclists.
![Horror crash driver had no licence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Horror crash driver had no licence
Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews yesterday did not have a licence.
![Woman, two kids killed in horror crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman, two kids killed in horror crash
Two children - a baby and an 11-year-old boy - and their young aunt were killed in a crash that also left their 6-year-old sister and a man fighting for their lives.
![Man hit by ambulance seriously injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man hit by ambulance seriously injured
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.
![Truck spills 14,000 litres of glue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Truck spills 14,000 litres of glue
Several thousand litres of glue have spilled onto the road after two trucks collided on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei this morning.
![Victim's plea for tougher car hire rules](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Victim's plea for tougher car hire rules
A survivor of a crash in the Lindis Pass that claimed two lives, caused by an inexperienced driver, wants to see rental car companies imposing tougher controls on who it hires vehicles to.
![Car blocking traffic on southern motorway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Car blocking traffic on southern motorway
There have been problems for Auckland commuters on the southern motorway this morning.
![Injured bus driver saves students](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Injured bus driver saves students
A group of children say they are grateful to their elderly school bus driver who managed to pull over safely after he was hit by a metal pole that flew through the windscreen.
![Inquiry into deaths not likely to be made public](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inquiry into deaths not likely to be made public
The military inquiry into the firefight in Afghanistan that left two soldiers dead is unlikely to be made public, the New Zealand Defence Force says.
![How can hunting be made safer?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How can hunting be made safer?
Coroner Wallace Bain has made a number of recommendations to the Law Commission and the Government. How can hunting be made safer? Read a selection of Your Views.
![Calls for lower speed limit in Chch inner city](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Calls for lower speed limit in Chch inner city
A transport expert wants lower speed limits put in place for Christchurch's new inner city.