A 16-year-old has suffered spinal injuries after falling off trail bike whilst performing jumps at a Hawkes Bay farm.

A driver died when his vehicle plunged 60 metres down a bank in northern Hawkes Bay, and another motorist had a lucky escape when he jumped out of his truck only minutes before it was destroyed by flames yesterday.

The ten children of a couple killed in a mini-van accident in Kenya on January 15 have paid tribute to their parents at a funeral service at Bethlehem College this morning.

Police have reopened State Highway 7 following a crash shortly before 1pm yesterday in which a motorcyclist heading to the annual Woodstock Rally near Hokitika was killed.

More than 2,000 people are expected to attend a funeral in Tauranga this morning for the husband and wife who died in a road crash in Kenya.

The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a Doha fire says the most scientific piece of evidence is not being presented in a trial to decide culpability for the fatal fire.

A truck driver was unaware his moving trailer had been engulfed in flames until he heard a loud explosion and looked in his rear-view mirror.

A teenager was found dead after being flung from a Mercedes Benz when it crashed off Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay yesterday morning.

A man received burns to his arm and leg when the lpg cylinder he was attending to caught fire at the Glendhu Bay Lakeside Holiday Park in central Otago late yesterday morning.

His son was shot dead by an air rifle while drinking alcohol with his friends - but the victim's father says he isn't angry with the teenager who pulled the trigger.

A man has died after a car plunged 150m down Te Mata Peak in Hawkes Bay.

Four of the Bethlehem College students involved in a fatal minibus crash in Kenya have been reunited with family and friends.

Scott Anderson knows most people may think he is to blame after seeing footage and reports of a helicopter crash in Auckland's Viaduct.

The first members of a Tauranga school group are due home from Kenya today as funeral preparations continue for three of their colleagues killed on the trip.

The terrifying moment when a skateboarder crashed at high speed in front of a car which had been towing him has been caught on film.

Two children and their parents are in hospital after a horrific crash near Taupo.

A rigging supervisor who narrowly escaped death in a helicopter crash is fighting to overturn official findings that hold him partly responsible.

The body of a person, believed to be missing Clutha teenager Blake Sinclair, has been found today.

A courier van lost control and crashed into a barrier on a Hutt Valley motorway this morning.

A 23-year-old farm worker suffered head and chest injuries when his quad bike crashed into a ditch in Marlborough last night.

Struggling workers and businesses could have benefited from almost half a billion dollars in ACC levy cuts this year if the Government hadn't disregarded Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment advice, it has emerged.