A woman whose father died in the Air NZ Mt Erebus disaster has questioned the airline's use 'whoop whoop' - the last signal crew heard before the DC-10 went down - in its advertising.

A glider pilot escaped injury after a crash landing in Paraparaumu this morning.

Two people died when the car they were travelling in crashed after fleeing from police last night in Auckland.

Two people were killed and two others seriously injured in a crash after a police chase in an Auckland suburb last night.

Flight-deck error, inadequate training and a maintenance slip caused the crash of an Air NZ jet, France's air safety board has determined.

An 8-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after he was dragged under the wheels of a bus for 15m.

An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after he was dragged under a bus in front of horrified onlookers in west Auckland this afternoon.

The army is investigating how a box of ammunition fell off the back of one of its trucks and was run over by a car.

An Australian cop fatally shot in the head during a drugs raid in Sydney last week was killed by a bullet fired by a fellow officer, police confirm.

A 22-year-old New Zealand man has been arrested over the death of an 11-year-old girl in a boating accident in England.