A teenager killed in a car crash in Papakura has been remembered by grief-stricken friends and his rugby team.

A woman has fed herself and held her children for the first time since a surfing accident left her paralysed.

Police are urging young people to take lessons from the tragedy that killed Cheyenne Hemana, 17, and her two nephews.

The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.

The sister of a woman killed in a cycling accident has made an emotional plea at her funeral for motorists to share the road with cyclists.

Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews yesterday did not have a licence.

Two children - a baby and an 11-year-old boy - and their young aunt were killed in a crash that also left their 6-year-old sister and a man fighting for their lives.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.

A pilot who ditched his helicopter in a Northland bay has been slammed by crash investigators for a series of failings.

A survivor of a crash in the Lindis Pass that claimed two lives, caused by an inexperienced driver, wants to see rental car companies imposing tougher controls on who it hires vehicles to.

There have been problems for Auckland commuters on the southern motorway this morning.

A group of children say they are grateful to their elderly school bus driver who managed to pull over safely after he was hit by a metal pole that flew through the windscreen.

The military inquiry into the firefight in Afghanistan that left two soldiers dead is unlikely to be made public, the New Zealand Defence Force says.

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A transport expert wants lower speed limits put in place for Christchurch's new inner city.

Hanging from a fence while a metal spike was embedded 11.5cm into his leg, 20-year-old builder's apprentice Adrian Davids tried not to panic.

An adventure course where an Auckland grandfather fell to his death remains closed and there is no plan set for reopening.

A man was impaled on a metal fence for 40 minutes in Beach Haven, Auckland as he tried to climb over it to visit his friends.

The father of a disqualified driver who died in a high-speed collision yesterday is urging youngsters to report their mates if they are driving illegally.