Thousands have farewelled a teenage girl killed while driving with friends to pick up their school ball gowns.

The student pilot who died after a mid-air collision with another plane in Feilding yesterday has been named.

Orewa College's board of trustees has been ordered to pay almost $137,000 over a fatal boiler room explosion.

A police officer suffered whiplash injuries after his car was rammed from behind when he slowed down for a school bus this morning.

The student pilot killed in yesterday's flight school crash was in her 60s and from the Kapiti Coast area, police said this morning.

Kristi-Rae Ruri-Gardiner was well known for her kind and giving nature and finally donated her organs.

A boy's death-defying plunge from the top storey of an apartment block was the latest in a string of serious incidents involving King's students.

One plane landed safely after a mid-air collision in Feilding this afternoon, while the other crashed, killing the flying instructor and student occupants.

The balcony of an apartment from which a teen fell 16 storeys to a concrete floor and survived is to be examined to see if it has been modified.

Police made errors of judgment in a high-speed pursuit that ended with teen's death, the IPCA finds.

A teenager miraculously survived after falling 16 storeys from his family's apartment through a carpark roof on to a concrete floor.

A driver racing the wrong way down a major motorway last night smashed into six cars, leaving survivors who couldn't believe they were alive.

The survivor of the fatal Orewa College boiler explosion fears there are ticking time bombs in most Kiwi schools.