A witness to the accident in which a truck driver was impaled by a canoe says it was "swinging out on to the oncoming lane like a jousting pole".

Infrastructure bungles at the Commonwealth Games must prompt further questions about security in Delhi, NZ Athletes Federation head Rob Nichol says.

A 12-year-old boy is thought to have died after playing a game which involves young people choking themselves to get a sudden rush.

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.

Two people are dead and two critically injured after a tragic car crash in Auckland.

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