"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.

Two teenagers have appeared in an Auckland court charged with manslaughter over an alleged street race which caused the death of another teen.

A teenage boy was killed when he was hit by a car driven by his friends while playing a game of "possum" on a west Auckland road yesterday, says a resident.

Editorial: If this country is to do the right thing by those who come here to enjoy NZ's well-promoted adventures and outdoor experiences, it is the price we probably ought to pay.

The drowsy driver who caused a head-on smash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard has been left "totally shocked" by today's guilty decision.

Andy Earl, the driver accused of causing the fatal head-on car crash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard, has been found guilty.

A 5-year-old New Zealand-born boy has been killed in a quad-bike accident in Australia.

Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people.

Taxpayers are trapped into paying compensation to a traveller who would rather be able to sue for damages over being shot in the head and left brain damaged.

A Kiwi fly-in, fly-out worker who had a conviction over a fatal road crash on one of Australia's most dangerous roads overturned says he has been "put through the wringer".

A veteran farmer and a hunter have died in separate quad bike accidents.

Police have released the name of a man who died after his quad bike rolled down a steep bank on his farm north of Auckland yesterday.

A motorist who drove over a pedestrian on a rural road didn't return to check what he had hit because he thought somebody else was taking care of it, an inquest has heard.

The mother and sister of a rugby player who died after a head injury at a weekend club game are devastated they did not make it to his bedside to say goodbye.

Two expert reports about an incident in which a wedding guest was run over on a Waikato road were ignored by a police crash analyst, a coroner's inquest has been told.

A man was buried from the waist down inside an underground pipe when the steep dirt walls of a deep trench collapsed around him last night.

A man who came across William Hoskins dying on a rural Waikato road last January says the driver who had run over him "put his foot down" and drove off from the scene.

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.