A 5-year-old New Zealand boy has been shot dead while fighting over a gun with his cousin in Samoa.

A firefighter was killed yesterday when he was electrocuted while trying to repair a fallen powerline in Southland.

If you wish to experience something rare, take the road less travelled. To appreciate the lie of the land, you must take the high road.

The story of a police officer's heroic waterfall rescue effort is the most harrowing a coroner has heard in 33 years.

The number of farm injuries has decreased but farmers are still taking too many risks, says Federated Farmers.

A gyrocopter carrying two men, lost power shortly after take-off and plunged into Tauranga Harbour. The men did not have any serious injuries in result of the crash.

An Australian woman has died after being severely injured in a quad bike accident days into her New Zealand holiday.

A motorcyclist was thrown into the air when he was hit by a 13-year-old boy fleeing police in a stolen car.

The sole survivor of a fiery crash which killed four people, including his son and partner, was getting over a recent tragedy but excited after getting engaged.

An American woman who was critically injured in a car crash near Waitomo Caves has not been told her husband was killed in the accident.

Two mothers are among the victims of a horrific holiday weekend on the roads - one dying in a fiery crash caused by a suspected drink driver, the other in a hit and run.

A man has appeared in court this morning charged with causing the death of a Rotorua hunter.

Milk tankers stopped collecting milk in the Far North after a 14-year-old boy was killed when his bicycle collided with a Fonterra tanker.