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Worker rescued from pipe after cave in

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.

Pedestrian hurt as truck crash blocks port access

Driver 'took off' after hitting man, inquest told

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.

Dragged boy was tied to horse

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

'Alarming' rise in children injured by falling TVs

Boy dragged to death by horse named

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

Cars collide in Lower Hutt, four injured

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

Boy dragged to death by bolting horse

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

Death as unsecured loads break free

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

Police name elderly motorist who died in intersection crash

Elderly motorist dies in intersection crash

Icy rescue bid shakes hero

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

Rescue of drowning family

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

Jack Tame: Flashy tales of death and terror

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

1 dead, 2 injured in Nelson crash

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

Watch: News anchor fooled by pilot name prank

An American news broadcast were fooled in to announcing the incorrect names of the pilots on board the San Francisco plane crash.

Train derails outside of Paris

A train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris on the eve of a major holiday weekend.

Car flips in Ngaio Gorge