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.

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.

Waitomo crash survivor Kirsten Steinke is on her way home to Colorado after a month in hospital following the crash that killed her new husband.

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.

A truck's cab bursted into flames while travelling along Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning, causing major traffic delays.

A hit-and-run driver who nearly killed a professional New Zealand cyclist in the US has pleaded no contest and faces up to 10 years in jail.

The Mexican engineer whose wife and baby daughter fell 26 floors to their deaths is holding on to hope the tragedy could have been an accident.