An Italian ski instructor who strayed into an area of steep slopes and rocky terrain and fell to his death on Mt Ruapehu was not reported missing for two days.

An independent weatherman has hit out at the MetService, claiming it was too slow to issue a severe weather warning for Auckland at the weekend.

Evening of darts turns to tragedy after pensioner struck by car.

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.

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.

The death of a 10-year-old boy in a quad bike accident on a south Wairarapa farm has prompted calls for more safety messages aimed at the vehicles.

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.

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.

Arna Hopkins still has a long road ahead to recovery, but her family are celebrating the fact the three-year-old is finally able to breathe on her own.

A man has been charged in relation to the death of Rotorua man James Wilson Dodds in a hunting incident last month.

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.

Child restraints will be mandatory for children up to the age of seven under new rules announced by Government today.

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.