The latest deaths brought the total this year to 16, from 11 fatal pursuits - the worst on record.

The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.

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.