A mother accused of racing with two others moments before her daughters were killed in a crash has admitted she was speeding - but still denies being in a race.

A woman at the scene of a major car accident says arguing family members seemed more concerned about who was driving than attending to two dying teen sisters.

A 9-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a car overtaking on the inside of a queue of heavy traffic in South Auckland last night.

A Tauranga kiteboarder is in intensive care with a broken neck suffered during a freak surfing accident.

A group of teen girls who allegedly caused mayhem at an Auckland cafe before crashing a stolen car in a police pursuit will be spoken to before charges are laid.

The second of four teenage girls injured in a crash during a high-speed police pursuit in Auckland has been discharged from hospital.

About 200 families from around the world have written to PM John Key demanding better control, monitoring and regulation of the tourism industry.

Frustrated commuters are calling for a change in retail working hours after a motorway crash caused gridlock across Auckland.

Two companies have been fined almost $30,000 after an 18-year-old industrial window cleaner fell 15 metres, suffering serious injuries.

Inner-city Auckland traffic was brought to a virtual standstill after a motorway crash - gridlock that the Automobile Association described as the worst it had seen.

Auckland Transport has been accused of failing to acknowledge long-held safety concerns of local politicians whose turf covers a railway crossing where a disabled woman was hit by a train.

The teen girl behind the wheel of a car that crashed during a police pursuit has been discharged from hospital while one of her passengers fights for her life.

In their final moments, two teenage sisters sat together in the back of a speeding car on their way to a family cemetery - one pleading with the driver to slow down.

The family of a young wheelchair-bound woman who was struck by a train in Auckland last week have praised those who put themselves in danger to save her life.

Two of four teenage girls involved in a crash during a police pursuit late on Sunday remain in a critical condition in Auckland City Hospital.

The lead pilot of the air force's fatal Anzac Day formation is being made a scapegoat for failures right up the command chain, says the father of one of the men who died in the 2010 crash.

The wife of a man who fell 14m to his death on an adventure course has spoken about her frantic rush to get to him - and the devastating moment she was told he was dead.

Adam Strange's closest friends and family said goodbye with a bang at sunset last night, echoing a cheeky joke of long ago.

Police say they are "comfortable" with the actions of officers involved in a one-minute pursuit that resulted in four teenage girls fighting for their lives in hospital.

An RNZAF officer has been charged over the fatal Iroquois crash at Pukerua Bay on Anzac Day 2010.

A wife watched in horror her husband fell 14 metres to his death from a high-ropes adventure course near Auckland yesterday.

Screams of "I can't feel my legs ... I'm going to die" were heard by a witness shortly after a crash in Kohimarama involving four teen girls who fled a police stop.

Rescue helicopters were kept busy over the weekend with five people in four separate incidents being helicoptered to hospital.

The flight training industry stands on the threshhold, says Lyn Neeson: either tighten regulations now or lose more of the country's finest young pilots.