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.

A young woman bitten by a rottweiler in a store promotion gone wrong wants to apologise to the dog's owner.

A two-car crash which left five Rotorua Girls' High School students injured today has been "absolutely devastating", principal Annette Joyce says.

An Auckland teen has been cleared of racing with another car, which struck a schoolgirl resulting in her having part of a leg amputated.

Backpacker Sylvie Chappuis wonders how she and her travelling companion will pay for the rest of their dream NZ holiday.

A judge says a man who killed his younger brother in a drunken car-surfing accident would be behind bars if it was 'someone else's kid'.

The youth whose out-of-control car hit 19-year-old Amy Duncan - crushing her leg which had to be amputated - escaped jail.

A high school student was taken to hospital after a head-on crash between a school bus and a van on Auckland's Queen St today.

A school bus collided with a van on the intersection of Queen Street and Karangahape Road this afternoon. One high school student was taken to hospital with minor injuries.