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Tramper hit by rogue boulder
An Australian man has been hospitalised with a fractured leg after a rock crashed into him while he was hiking on Mt Ngauruhoe in the Tongariro National Park today.
'You just do it' - inferno hero plays down award
Firefighter Merv Neil has won a New Zealand Bravery Award for his fearless work in the Waikato coolstore fire.
NZ singer in major cycle crash
Kiwi singer Don McGlashan has three broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a punctured lung after crashing into a car door that opened in front of him as he was cycling to his Auckland home.
Two dead after horrific Otago crash
Police have named one of two men who died in a horrific crash near Oamaru in north Otago this morning.
Former Wellington mayor's son dies in riding accident
The son of former Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast has passed away this morning 10 days after being seriously injured in a riding accident.
One dead, one critical after horrific Otago crash
A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.
Fatal boat accident caused by rock collision - police
A 33-year-old man was killed and another seriously injured when their boat crashed into a rock near Blanket Bay in Doubtful Sound this morning, police believe.
One dead, one hurt in Doubtful Sound boating accident
A 33-year-old man has died and another man is seriously injured after a boating incident in Fiordland this morning.
Escape from fiery wreck
Witnesses have described desperate attempts to save the motorists involved in a fiery crash in Napier yesterday morning.
Delays expected after egg truck crashes on SH2
A truck carrying eggs has crashed into a ditch on State Highway two at Waipukurau.
Police name man killed by tarseal truck
A road worker who died after he was run over by a tarseal spraying truck north-east of Hamilton on Thursday was today named by police as Graham Donald Bennie, 55, of Huntly.