The sister of the Kiwi sole survivor of Tuesday's plane crash in PNG says she felt "utter disbelief" when she heard he was alive.

The New Zealand man who was the only survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea in which four died has been named.

The sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.

The NZ High Commissioner is on her way to a remote plane crash site in Papua New Guinea where one New Zealander and three Australians died. The NZ co-pilot is the sole survivor.

Almost 12 people a week are being killed by accidents in their own homes, new ACC figures show.

Laboratory crash tests allow direct car-to-car comparisons but they don't replicate the real world.

An Auckland surgeon says he was astounded when a 15-year-old girl walked into hospital complaining she had swallowed a 19cm toothbrush.

The number of NZ recidivist drink-drivers has risen steadily over the past three years, with more than 4000 prosecuted already this year.

A runaway truck rolled down a hill and fatally pinned a 62-year-old against another truck in a tragedy that has shocked a small community.