His parents were among the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus disaster, so now Andrew Bond is going to complete their Antarctic trip for them.

Nick Smith has ruled out holding an independent review of ACC's procedures around elective surgery claims unless the corporation begins to lose large numbers of appeals against its decisions.

Tonga's biggest criminal trial, the Priness Ashika ferry sinking, has re-started in Nuku'alofa

Reversing cameras should be installed in every car and truck in NZ following the death of yet another toddler run over in a driveway, says the editor of a car buying guide.

The teenaged son of a woman who died after an out-of-control driver smashed into a group of cyclists and killed three of them has described the scene of roadside carnage which will haunt him for the rest of his life.

A young woman involved in a fatal collision that killed three cyclists late last year has been sentenced to 300 hours community service and fined $10,000 on each of three charges.

Two people have been flown to Rotorua Hospital following separate climbing and rafting accidents in the central North Island today.

Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two."

A quiet ride for Claire van Schaik ended with her lying in agony on the road with a set of handlebars embedded 10cm into her stomach.

Police have named a woman and her daughter killed in a crash today. A two-year-old girl also in the car was rescued.