Ten hospitalised following multi-vehicle crash
A multi-vehicle pile up in Hawkes Bay has put 10 people in hospital, three with critical injuries, say police. Two tourists, one German and one Italian, are among those injured.
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Crash victim remains in a serious condition
A 20-year-old man remains in a serious condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit after a crash in the Waikato last night.
Crash takes holiday road toll to three
The official holiday road death toll has risen to three after a 17-year-old was killed in a Hawkes Bay crash.
Flung to death in front of wife
A kiteboarder killed in front of his wife in a Christmas holiday tragedy was lifted 20 metres in the air by a gust of wind - and flung to his death more than a kilometre away.
Police look at new speed cameras
Police are setting a new trap for speeding drivers who slam on their brakes at the last minute for roadside speed cameras. The point-to-point cameras record the time a car takes to travel between two points.
More Kiwis die on foreign soil
Kiwi's lax attitude to getting our travel jabs may be killing us.
He was going to cook his family Christmas dinner
The family of a father-of-two hit by a car yesterday are grieving for 'a wonderful family man'.
Police appeal after hit-and-run death
Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in Manukau early today, which took the holiday road toll to two.
Toddler falls from bridge
A 2-year-old boy has been flown to hospital with head injuries after plunging two metres from a bridge near a remote cafe in Golden Bay.
Paraglider dies in Nelson accident
The wife of a Tahunanui man was present as he crashed after strong gusts lifted him off the ground this afternoon.
Boy partly blinded by Christmas toy
A six-year-old has permanent vision loss after being shot in the eye with a toy gun.
Survivors of fishing boat sinking arrive in Bluff
The bodies of five seaman and the 20 survivors from the sinking of a Korean fishing boat in the Southern Ocean arrived in Bluff last night.
Contractors' families will be paid
Payouts will be made to the contracting companies that employed the men who died in the massive explosions at the Pike River coal mine, receivers announced today.
Pike River family: Generosity 'humbling'
The family of Ben Rockhouse, who died in the Pike mine, have praised the 'selflessness and generosity' of the people of NZ.
Head-on smash puts top cop in intensive care
A senior policewoman was seriously hurt in a head-on smash yesterday.
1000 fatal crashes, 1 warning
One of NZ's most experienced road policing officers has resigned, saying the job is taking too great a toll on his health.
Top cop badly hurt in horror crash
A senior Western Bay of Plenty police officer has been seriously hurt in a horror smash north of Te Puke this morning and a motorcyclist has died following a crash at Mount Maunganui yesterday.
Pike River Coronial Inquest date set
The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.
Pike River: Generosity overwhelms
On Friday the 19th November I discovered my brother Conrad Adams was one of the 29 men who were inside the Pike River mine.