Woman says she was targeted by driver
The woman who was discovered seriously injured in Christchurch early today says she believes she was intentionally mown down by a driver.
The woman who was discovered seriously injured in Christchurch early today says she believes she was intentionally mown down by a driver.
Families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River Coal mine tragedy have publicly thanked everyone involved in the rescue and recovery operation.
More signs will be installed at Rotorua's Kuirau Park as a safety measure following the death of a 10-year-old boy last week.
Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.
Temperatures inside the Pike River Coal mine continue to fluctuate, frustrating those charged with retrieving the bodies of 29 men killed in a series of explosions since November 19.
Police have named the 19-year-old who died when he was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the Pinewoods Motor Park in Red Beach, north of Auckland, early this morning.
The death of a 15-year-old driver who fled from police this morning was 'completely avoidable', say police. Timoti Mohi was driving a stolen car when he failed to stop for police and drove off at speeds of up to 180km/h.
A post-mortem on teenager Cem Erbay, who went missing in the Coromandel early on New Year's Day, has found his death was not suspicious and he most likely died as a result of a fall.
Campers at a coastal campground north of Auckland are in shock after a teenager was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the campground early this morning.
A post-mortem examination of Cem Erbay will be carried out today, say police.
A nine-year-old Auckland boy survived going over a 20m waterfall in Queensland.
The body found near Matarangi on the Coromandel Peninsula yesterday has been identified as that of missing teenager Cem Erbay. The death is being treated as suspicious.
An elderly man is dead after his car swerved into a park van in Papakura, south of Auckland - but he may not be added to the holiday road toll, which now stands at 11.
A range of causes have been blamed for hospital emergency departments being swamped by a holiday rush.
Authorities are urging parents to stay within arm's reach of their children around water.