Children should never ride on tractors without being properly restrained, a farming leader says.

A young cyclist is in a serious condition at Auckland Hospital after falling in front of a trailer on the intersection of Quay Street and The Strand in central Auckland.

Police were last night seeking witnesses after a woman was hit and killed by a train in Auckland.

Two siblings have told how they could think only of each other as blood and carnage surrounded them after a logging truck slammed into their school bus. A 12-year-old was left dangling halfway out the window with his legs pinned under a....