A police car and a truck collided in one of several serious incidents on North Island roads yesterday that left one person dead.

Two police officers were last night in hospital after their patrol car and a truck collided in one of several serious incidents on North Island roads yesterday that left one person dead.

A policewoman is in hospital with serious chest and abdominal injuries after a police car was involved in a head-on crash in Pukekoke, south of Auckland, just before 5pm this evening.

A man found dead after his car crashed into a house in suburban Auckland today may have had a heart attack, police say.

The scene of a car crash that ended in fatality on Sandringham Road in Auckland.

An avalanche closed Mt Hutt today but the mountain has now reopened and though some skiers were partially buried, no one was hurt.

A North Shore 18-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling multiple storeys from a carpark building during a night of drinking and taking Ecstasy.

A 63-year-old council contractor survived a 40m plunge down a sheer rock face from the peak of Mt Maunganui.

A businessman has told of his desperate attempts to save his badly injured wife after she drove off the road in bad weather.

A climber plunged 300m to his death in front of dozens of horrified skiers on Mt Ruapehu yesterday.

The Mountain Safety Council is strongly recommending skiers and snowboarders wear helmets after another fatality at Mount Hutt skifield in Canterbury.

A Christchurch man has died from injuries after falling about 300m at Mt Hutt Ski Area, the third skiing fatality on the mountain this year.

A NZ-born woman has been killed after falling 200m down a cliff during a dream holiday.