Cyclists are stunned by the serious injuries sustained by a club champion and his wife on a road described as a "death trap".

A man and his 7-year-old son are missing after their dinghy capsized in the Manukau Harbour near the old Mangere Bridge.

A run of accidents in the rope industry over the past year has prompted a new set of safety guidelines.

A Mangere man, 45, and his 7-year-old son had been missing since their aluminium dinghy tipped over under the old Mangere Bridge, sending a group of five into the water. Rescuers pulled three children to safety.

Witnesses say children tipped into a powerful current when their family's dinghy capsized this afternoon were desperately calling for help as they clung on for dear life.

One man is in hospital with serious head injuries and two other people have moderate injuries after the car they were travelling in went over a cliff between Queenstown and Cromwell this morning.

The man who "woke up in someone else's life" after a cycling accident is still missing 10 years of his life.