Investigators will try to find out if an Air Force helicopter crew was performing an emergency turn when it crashed into a hillside.

The sole survivor of the worst Air Force tragedy in decades probably does not know three colleagues have died.

Information enables a safer route to be planned to avoid accident blackspots

Police name a soldier killed when his motorbike hit a car outside the Linton Military Camp today.

The Orewa College board of trustees pleads guilty to charges laid against the school after a fatal boiler-room blast last June.

Australians have paid tribute to three RNZAF personnel who died in a helicopter crash on Anzac Day.

An Air Force crewman ran 2km through rugged uphill terrain to get to the helicopter wreck that contained the bodies of three colleagues.

The helicopter that crashed into a hill near Pukerua Bay was part of an ageing fleet that will be replaced by 2013.

Three young men who were dedicated to their country should have gone on to accomplish much more in the years to come.

Prime Minister John Key is cancelling a planned 10-day trip to the Middle East in order to attend the funerals of three Air Force personnel who died today.

Today's helicopter crash happened almost 38 years to the day after the Air Force's only other fatal Iroquois chopper accident.

Three people are confirmed dead after an Air Force Iroquois helicopter crashed north of Wellington this morning, says the Defence Minister.

Businessman Eric Watson has had eight large screws inserted in his back as he recovers from a skiing accident.

One person is dead and three are seriously injured after a crash on Auckland's southwestern motorway.