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Helicopter crashes in Canterbury
A helicopter has crashed on the Banks Peninsula, less than 24 hours after two hunters walked away from a crash in Fiordland.
A helicopter has crashed on the Banks Peninsula, less than 24 hours after two hunters walked away from a crash in Fiordland.
Two teenagers are seriously ill in Middlemore Hospital with extensive burns after a gas cylinder is thought to have exploded in their faces.
An inquiry into a fatal mid-air collision has revealed a huge increase in dangerous close calls in the skies - and sparked pleas for change from grieving families.
Kevin McGarry lost both legs after being trapped under a burning motorbike when he crashed into an electric fence.
The bus hit Rongo with such force the windscreen smashed, before he was dragged about 15m.
An unlicensed drink driver who fled police and ran a red light before crashing into a car, killing two, has pleaded guilty to their manslaughter.
Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.
We asked readers what they thought of the Govt's plan to change NZ's right-turn rule in 2012, and found little consensus.
TAIC is investigating the standard of pilot training in NZ after a sharp rise in fatalities and near misses involving training aircraft.
The AA refutes a US study which claims banning cellphone use while driving was counter-productive and encouraged covert behaviour behind the wheel.