Firefighters have warned of the dangers of "fire safe" clothing labels following the deaths of two men.

Sally Ridge's week from hell includes the cancellation of a lavish European holiday funded by Mark Hotchin.

An 88-year-old man had just walked into his bedroom when a car driven by another elderly man came crashing through the wall, killing him.

An 88-year-old man has died after a car crashed into his bedroom in Northcross this afternoon.

The driver of a car which hit a pedestrian in the Waikato on Tuesday night was not to blame for the man's death, police say.

A 13-year-old girl is in hospital with serious leg injuries after she was run over during a street fight involving machetes and golf clubs in Hastings.

Experts for French prosecutors probing the crash of an Air NZ jet in 2008 agree with air safety investigations which blame human error.

Police say they have yet to discover the name and age of a man whose dead body was found by a street cleaner in Hamilton on Sunday morning.

All seven people aboard an Airbus A320 test flight died when it crashed in 2008. Air NZ said it could not confirm a report that an announcement would be made tonight regarding the crash.

A Waitara teenager died in New Plymouth Hospital early this morning after being struck by a van.