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 drivers of two cars were killed after one is believed to have drifted across the centre line and collided with the second vehicle head-on last night.

One of two young girls hit by an alleged drink driver in the Bay of Plenty yesterday has been transferred to Auckland for treatment.

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.

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.

A young Snow Planet employee was taken to hospital after spending an hour trapped in a machine with his arm caught in a conveyer belt.

Two of New Zealand's top musicians are mourning a relative who died after being knocked down at a dangerous Auckland road crossing on her way to a karaoke club night.

Families of Pike River mine victims say they will ensure that recommendations from the health and safety taskforce are acted on.

An independent taskforce review of NZ's workplace health and safety has recommended sweeping changes, and says the current system has "significant weaknesses''.

The owners of a house where a deck collapsed, sending about 20 people and a hot barbecue plummeting to the ground, say it was lucky no one was killed.

A Morrinsville nurse who was crushed by a car as she jogged along a residential street had been planning a party for her daughter's 13th birthday this week.

A number of people have reportedly been hospitalised after a deck collapsed in West Auckland last night.

A young girl was plucked from certain death as Indian student Daksh Modasia drowned after wading into a deadly hole at Hunua Falls.

Safety is being reviewed at Hunua Falls following the death of a tourist at the Auckland beauty spot yesterday.

A 20-year-old tourist has drowned at an Auckland beauty spot. The Indian national was attempting to cross the front of the Hunua Falls, south-east of Auckland.

Two people have suffered moderate injuries after their vehicle crashed in Northland this morning, trapping one of the occupants.

A refrigerated truck and trailer carrying meat and vegetables has rolled in south Otago, blocking State Highway 1.

Thinking her husband was dead, Nina Bartlett scrambled out of bed to get to her newborn baby seconds after a stolen car ploughed through their bedroom at 150km/h.