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![Second serious quad bike in one week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Second serious quad bike in one week
An Australian woman remains in a critical condition in hospital today after a quadbike crash, after the second serious quadbike incident this week.
![Boat worker's fall costs company $45k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boat worker's fall costs company $45k
A Whangaparaoa boat building company has been ordered to pay $45,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured in a fall from height.
![Disqualified father 'had to see his son'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Disqualified father 'had to see his son'
The father of the 5-year-old boy killed by a bus in August ignored his driving disqualification to go to a cemetery and sit at his son's grave, a court has been told.
![Toddler death: 'Unusual chain of events'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Toddler death: 'Unusual chain of events'
A mother was probably distracted for only a moment before a crash with a bus that claimed her three-year-old son's life, a coroner has found.
![Man awarded $50k leg loss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man awarded $50k leg loss
A national company with a history of workplace accidents has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a worker who lost a leg in an accident.
![Girl survives freak accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Girl survives freak accident
Six-year-old Tabitha Barwell survived an accident in which both her legs were squashed by a farm truck being driven by her mother.
![Child car seats: Height matters, not age](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Child car seats: Height matters, not age
Children in their first two years of primary school will be legally required to be restrained in car seats, but experts say it's height that matters.
![Mandatory child car seat age raised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mandatory child car seat age raised
Child restraints will be mandatory for children up to the age of seven under new rules announced by Government today.
![Honeymoon crash victim 'improving'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Honeymoon crash victim 'improving'
A newlywed American tourist, who was critically injured in a car crash that killed her husband, has been moved out of intensive care, Waikato District Health Board says.
![Insurer to victim: Pay up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Insurer to victim: Pay up
An insurance company tried to make a cyclist pay for damage to a car that injured him when the at-fault driver made a sudden u-turn.
![NZ funeral for Kiwi killed by branch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ funeral for Kiwi killed by branch
A New Zealand woman killed by a falling tree branch in London last weekend will be farewelled in Auckland on Thursday.