The family of the woman found dead along with her partner and three children in the wreckage of their crashed car near Tokoroa have spoken of their grief.

The two Indian men who were killed in a crash near Tokoroa yesterday have been named as a father and son from Jharkhand in eastern India.

A 3-week-old boy died with four members of his family in a crash in the Waikato - and may have lain in the wreckage since Sunday night.

Police have named a family of five killed in a Waikato crash, whose bodies were found today, shortly after another fatal accident in the region.

Nabbing speeding drivers in Northland used to be a rather covert affair, but in a drive to make the region's roads safer a speed camera van is no longer incognito.

A Civil Aviation Authority report into a helicopter crash which killed two Far North men a year ago will be completed early next year.

An 84-year-old man has died after he was thrown from his car in a freak accident at a Western Bay rubbish dump.

A 16-year-old Christchurch boy who drowned at Lake Pegasus, north of Christchurch, has been remembered as an active Year 11 student who was a keen rugby, basketball and volleyball player.

Safety systems across the entire air force are in for an overhaul after an independent review into the Anzac Day crash found greater change was needed.

A man who died when he fell down a waterfall on his way to a Rugby World Cup game died because of a series of poor judgement calls.

The 78 recommendations made after an inquiry into the Anzac Day Iroquois crash are not enough to prevent another tragedy, an independent review says.

A debrief will be held after five workmen went missing in an underground tunnel in Auckland last night.

Two people were sent to hospital and Auckland's Northern Motorway was completely blocked after a truck crashed and rolled at the entrance of the Victoria Park tunnel.

Mayfield motorcyclist Craig Hyde has been remembered as "fun loving" and "a role model to younger riders" after being killed in a race at Timaru.

New Zealanders are dying and being seriously injured in crashes that could have been avoided with a lower drink-drive limit.

The driver of a Fonterra milk tanker was killed yesterday when his truck crashed into a drain near Dargaville. The man died at the scene, said Northland fire service spokesperson Tania Matthews.