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Shock at death of 'happy little girl'
Carterton schoolgirl Grace Ellen Diedrichs has been remembered as a "happy little girl, smiling all the time" after her tragic death in a train accident.
Carterton schoolgirl Grace Ellen Diedrichs has been remembered as a "happy little girl, smiling all the time" after her tragic death in a train accident.
A young boy is dead after being hit by a car on a residential driveway in Kaipara Flats, Auckland.
The teenage driver of a ute that was hit by a commuter train, killing his 15-year-old passenger, may not be well enough to speak to police for a week or more.
Three quad-bike deaths in Northland in eight weeks will be investigated by a coroner to check for common links that could help prevent similar future fatalities.
A head-on car crash in the Bay of Plenty today killed a woman and left six other travellers, including two children, in hospital.
A plea has gone out for drivers to be cautious at level crossings after a teenager was killed and her 17-year-old driver seriously injured.
The parents of a toddler who were not told he had fallen heavily on his first day of childcare discovered he had a 6cm skull fracture 24 hours later.
Two people were critically injured when a van full of Taiwanese tourists and a van carrying a shearing gang collided in King Country this afternoon.
The teenager accused of shooting and killing his friend with an airgun during a drinking session can be named for the first time.
A truck driver is dead after a fully laden truck and trailer unit rolled down a bank leaving a timber mill in Whangarei.
Germany's Jacqueline Zech says she had the "best father ever" in an emotional tribute after her dad died in a motorcycle crash north of Wanganui.
A 3-year-old boy turned blue and nearly stopped breathing when his neck became caught in an electric car window, the rescuers say.
The German tourist who suffered life-threatening injuries to his head and face when his motorcycle collided with a four-wheel-drive north of Wanganui yesterday afternoon died in Wanganui Hospital overnight.
Two men were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in smashed head-on into a tree in Napier.
The family of a young man killed in a Waikato hit-and-run hopes an upcoming inquest will finally reveal how he died.
Friends and colleagues have paid respects to Kiwi journalist Rebecca Davidson, who was killed in a boat collision in the Seychelles this weekend.
A man has been arrested over the fatal car crash in Auckland that left a passenger impaled on a steel rod.