A woman has died after being hit by a suspected drink-driver when she and a friend stopped for a roadside picnic yesterday.

A man pulled from his burning truck just before it exploded will never forget his rescuers.

The fatal shooting of Lower Hutt teacher Rosemary Ives was one of three dangerous night hunting incidents over Labour Weekend.

High visibility jackets should be mandatory for officers laying road spikes, a coroner says.

The country's top military leader has publicly apologised to the family of an airman killed when an old artillery round unexpectedly exploded.

One witness has told a murder trial the accused was kissing his girlfriend before he crashed into a car, and another that they were arguing.