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Unsafe 'multi-purpose' ladders banned
Some ladders that do not meet New Zealand safety standards have been banned after one bought on Trade Me collapsed, injuring a man.
Some ladders that do not meet New Zealand safety standards have been banned after one bought on Trade Me collapsed, injuring a man.
Superstar chef Heston Blumenthal has pulled out of a gourmet food festival in Western Australia after two of his chefs died in a Hong Kong car crash.
A hang glider pilot who fell 30m and nearly crashed into power lines says a silly mistake could have cost him his life.
A Northland man has started a two-and-a-half year jail term for killing his partner and a man when his unwarranted and unregistered car crashed into another.
Boaties need to take responsibility to prevent more deaths at sea and remember what they are risking, a water safety expert says.
A New Plymouth man is dead and another had to be cut out from a car after losing control while drag racing on a rural Taranaki road last night.
Nearly half of all senior drivers referred by doctors for on-road competency tests this year have failed, Transport Ministry figures reveal.
The 38-year-old Italian man who died in a skydiving accident while filming a tandem jump in Wanaka yesterday has been named.
An Italian man is dead after his parachute failed to open on a skydiving flight and he crashed to his death in front of a horrified Wanaka man.
A two-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle in a driveway in Papakura, an incident believed to have happened at the home of the toddler's grandparents.
A forestry worker has been airlifted from a remote spot in Marlborough after being hit by a log.
Covered in blood and glass, George Jones kept telling himself "I'm going to be okay" as firemen worked to free him from his mangled vehicle.
A woman had to be cut from a Rainbow's End theme park ride by firefighters yesterday after her leg became trapped between the carriage and a wooden fence.
A New Zealand man who had worked as a top United Nations environmental lawyer has died after a fall from a balcony in Germany.
A woman has been taken to hospital after being injured in a ride at theme park Rainbow's End.