The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a Doha fire says the most scientific piece of evidence is not being presented in a trial to decide culpability for the fatal fire.

A truck driver was unaware his moving trailer had been engulfed in flames until he heard a loud explosion and looked in his rear-view mirror.

A staff member at the Doha daycare centre where New Zealand triplets died called her husband saying "no one will help" as she tried to evacuate children, a court has heard.

A 13-year-old girl is dead after she fell off her bike in Papakura and her head hit the concrete. She wasn't wearing a helmet.

A teenager was found dead after being flung from a Mercedes Benz when it crashed off Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay yesterday morning.

A man received burns to his arm and leg when the lpg cylinder he was attending to caught fire at the Glendhu Bay Lakeside Holiday Park in central Otago late yesterday morning.

Four of the Bethlehem College students involved in a fatal minibus crash in Kenya have been reunited with family and friends.

Scott Anderson knows most people may think he is to blame after seeing footage and reports of a helicopter crash in Auckland's Viaduct.

Eight people were taken to hospital after a stolen car crashed into another vehicle containing six people near where a police patrol had stopped to speak to a cyclist.

The first members of a Tauranga school group are due home from Kenya today as funeral preparations continue for three of their colleagues killed on the trip.

The terrifying moment when a skateboarder crashed at high speed in front of a car which had been towing him has been caught on film.

Two children and their parents are in hospital after a horrific crash near Taupo.

A rigging supervisor who narrowly escaped death in a helicopter crash is fighting to overturn official findings that hold him partly responsible.

The body of a person, believed to be missing Clutha teenager Blake Sinclair, has been found today.

A 23-year-old farm worker suffered head and chest injuries when his quad bike crashed into a ditch in Marlborough last night.

Struggling workers and businesses could have benefited from almost half a billion dollars in ACC levy cuts this year if the Government hadn't disregarded Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment advice, it has emerged.

ACC fraudsters have ripped off taxpayers by more than $10 million in the past four years.

A helicopter has crashed and exploded in a ball of flames in a busy London street during rush hour.

A car seat provided by a rental company saved the life of a three-year-old Australian tourist involved in a crash in Waikato, police say.

A man lay hurt for 17 hours before being found with serious abdominal and pelvic injuries after his quad bike fell on top of him near the edge of a river.