The search for missing South Otago teenager Blake McKenzie Sinclair will today become a recovery operation, police say.

Shaun Townsley was lining up targets for his friends to shoot off a fence when one of them fired an airgun pellet into his body.

An extensive search of the Clutha River has failed to locate a teenager who disappeared while kneeboarding yesterday afternoon.

The debate over quad bike use is heating up as groups argue over how further deaths can be prevented, following a spate of accidents.

Sandboarding at a popular Northland dune came to a sudden halt after a high-speed accident prompted a call to the rescue helicopter service yesterday.

Seven people were taken to hospital with broken bones, cuts and abrasions after the van they were in crashed into a drain yesterday afternoon.

A wife has paid tribute to nine Kiwi construction workers who lifted a ute off her husband after a crash in the Queensland Outback.

The Kiwi who invented zorbing is disgusted with the extreme activity's latest death and claims it could severely damage New Zealand's reputation as the world's adventure capital.

The parents of a 3-year-old boy who was hit by a reversing car at a Raglan boat ramp this morning have praised the quick response of members of the public.

A split-second decision to accelerate away from a parked police car caused the motorcycle deaths of two men south of Wellsford, a coroner has found.

A Wellington man has pleaded not guilty to careless driving over a car crash which killed his partner's unborn child.

Two male German tourists working in New Zealand were critically hurt in a crash in the Cromwell Gorge last night.

Two 15-year-old girls are being hailed as heroes after going to the rescue of men caught in a rip and near drowning at a Northland beach.

A man has been charged over a car crash in Wellington which killed a woman's unborn child.

A number of quad-bike accidents ending in death and injury over the holidays have led to renewed calls for riders to take greater care.

A number of quad bike accidents ending in death and injury over the holiday period has renewed calls for users to take greater care when using the vehicles.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland’s Northwestern motorway after a collision between a truck and a car.

An out-of-control car came close to demolishing one of Northland's oldest hotels when it skittled all but two of the pillars holding up its first floor verandah.

From time to time, there is an eruption of concern about the dangers posed by quad bikes.

Ross Mulholland is a "model patient" who has done everything possible to give the reattached digits the best chances of recovery.

New Zealand's most treacherous beach, Hot Water Beach, is already on its way to racking up another high rescue count in 2013.