A woman was killed on a Waikato farm yesterday when the vehicle she was driving rolled down a bank.

An advocate for disabled people says the Auckland train crossing where a wheelchair-bound woman nearly died was in "an appalling state" and has detailed another near-miss.

A wheelchair-bound woman who was hit by a freight train in Auckland remains in a critical condition following a desperate rescue attempt.

It looked look a simple task of helping a woman whose wheelchair was stuck on train tracks. But Matthieu Mereau was soon locked in a desperate struggle for her life and his own.

A man was watching the end of an international cricket match in his lounge when a police pursuit came to a dramatic end outside his doorstep.

A worker run over and killed by a forklift in an early morning industrial accident in Christchurch today has been named.

A man is in intensive care at Dunedin Hospital after he was hit by a car near Dipton last night.

What's the first thing that goes through a cyclist's head when he is hit from behind by a car travelling at nearly 100km/h?

A seven-year-old boy and his father suffered leg injuries when their boat exploded in a Picton harbour today.

A man has survived a 15m fall from the top of a waterfall into a shallow pool near Te Anau where he needed to be rescued by a helicopter.

A Korean man has died tramping on the Milford Track.

A man who jumped from a cliff towards a water hole and missed has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

A truck has rolled south of Te Kuiti on SH3 this morning.

A Go Bus driver who was carrying 19 Bethlehem College students when he collided with a ute on State Highway 2 has been convicted of careless driving and discharged.

A woman died in a head-on smash between people-mover and an articulated truck in Ormond township, near Gisborne, early this morning.

The Westpac Rescue helicopter is on the way to pick up a seriously injured cyclist after a crash involving a car near Whitianga.

The Australian soldier who died after being struck by a truck and trailer on Saturday, February 16, has been named.

The man who was killed when his ute crashed into a tree north of Turangi on Wednesday night has been named by police.

Police have made an urgent appeal about racing cars linked to a crash which killed a Napier teen only hours before she would have started a hairdressing course.

Every time Mosgiel resident Nick Vermeulen looks in the mirror, the consequences of his actions are reflected in the asymmetry of his face.

Police are investigating whether a space-saver wheel played a part in the crash which killed a Rotorua mother.

An elderly woman is in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital after a car ploughed into the bus shelter she was waiting in with her two grandchildren in Auckland yesterday.