A Gisborne woman who accidentally pushed her car over her 21-month-old son has been described as a loving carer.

A Te Kowhai man who witnessed a crash that claimed two lives says the memory is still as raw as the night it happened.

A head-on collision which claimed the lives of two women in the Waikato may have been caused by a.....

Property developer Phil Martin was left with serious burns to his face and body yesterday after flames engulfed him as he poured petrol on to a backyard gorse fire.

A man has died after the car he was driving crossed the centre line and collided with a van in Palmerston North early today, police say.