A 9-year-boy who died when a horse bolted had tied himself to the animal with a rope around his waist, police say.

Police have released the name of the 9-year-old boy who died after being dragged by a bolting horse in Northland on Saturday.

Four people were injured, two seriously, when two cars collided in Lower Hutt this afternoon.

A 10-year old boy has died after being dragged by a bolting horse just before sunset yesterday.

Potential to kill needs to be addressed, mourning family members insist.

A 10-year-old boy was killed after his horse bolted, dragging him for some distance yesterday.

The trial of a Mosgiel man charged over the death of businessman Allan Hubbard has been adjourned this morning for a new date to be set.

An elderly man has been flown to hospital after he tripped at his Hawkes Bay home and fell through a plate glass window.

A man who saved the life of a toddler trapped in a car submerged in a Nelson river has been hailed as a hero.

Four bystanders plunged into a freezing creek to rescue a family trapped in a submerged car.

You know it's big when they get special graphics made, crashing and zipping across the TV with a flashy soundtrack to match.

A woman has died and two others injured when the car they were in submerged in Saltwater Creek in Nelson.

A woman was lucky to get cellphone reception and call for help after her car became trapped in a Hawkes Bay river yesterday morning.

The president of the company involved in the Canadian rail disaster which has killed 50 is a New Zealand honorary consul in America.

The mystery of why an experienced truck driver plummeted 20m off a Kaingaroa Forest road is unlikely to be solved, a coroner has warned.

A man dived into freezing waters to try to save a friend who was swept away after falling off a Raglan pier.

A 19-year-old woman is seriously injured after she was crushed against a house by a car in west Auckland last night.

Police are appealing for sightings of a man in the minutes before he was hit by a car in Christchurch tonight.

A cyclist who was knocked over by a passing motorist while riding with a group of friends near Hamilton has died of his injuries.

The survivor of a 13-storey fall from an Auckland city apartment building has been seen out and about just days after he was released from hospital.

It's eight months since a romantic date on the beach turned to chaos for Aucklander Aaron Mitchell, who slipped and fell down a blowhole.

Twice as many people were killed on Auckland's local roads in the first five months of this year as in the same part of 2012.