Four farmhands who died in a horrific early morning crash were not wearing seatbelts and three were thrown from the "unsafe" vehicle when its roof was torn off.

A grandmother who pulled a young family from a crashed car moments before it burst into flames says she was "in the right place at the right time".

Once again, it will be easier to get a speeding ticket this Christmas.

The parents of 2-year-old triplets who died in a Doha mall fire will be surrounded by family as they face their first Christmas without their "three little monkeys".

One person has been taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a truck in Carterton this morning.

Statistically, Dunedin is New Zealand's worst city for motor vehicle crashes and casualties - but Palmerston North, Hamilton and Napier aren't far behind.

A cyclist who was almost killed when she and her husband were hit by a vehicle on a rural Taupo road says she no longer has any anger towards the driver.

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.

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.