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![How ACC helps those who are injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
How ACC helps those who are injured
ACC reports that last year 4000 people injured themselves on December 25, costing the country about $4 million. Video / ACC
![What's on ACC's Christmas injuries list](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
What's on ACC's Christmas injuries list
Wrapping paper, trees and soccer all contributed to Christmas Day injuries last year.
![Van hits pedestrian before crashing into house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Van hits pedestrian before crashing into house
The pedestrian has been taken to hospital in a serious condition.
![Kaikōura coast helicopter crash: Parents farewelled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Kaikōura coast helicopter crash: Parents farewelled
An emotional "celebration of life" has been held today.
![Motorcyclist deaths approach all-time high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Motorcyclist deaths approach all-time high
Taxpayers footed a $103.8 million bill from motorcycle injury claims in 2019.
![Grieving mum to thieves: 'You don't have morals, respect or kindness'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Grieving mum to thieves: 'You don't have morals, respect or kindness'
Grieving mum asks whether thieves have "morals, respect or kindness".
![Parents killed in helicopter crash to be farewelled on Wednesday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Parents killed in helicopter crash to be farewelled on Wednesday
Funeral on Wednesday for the couple killed in a helicopter crash during a family day out.
![Helicopter tragedy: 'Where's my mummy ... is my mummy all right?'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Helicopter tragedy: 'Where's my mummy ... is my mummy all right?'
Three injured children pulled to safety as rescuers feared wreckage might go up in flames.
![WorkSafe's warning after woman crushed by farm vehicle, company fined 275k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
WorkSafe's warning after woman crushed by farm vehicle, company fined 275k
The vehicle's passenger seatbelt did not work and the driver's door had been removed.
![Traffic chaos: Crashes on Southern motorway, motorists told to use Waterview Tunnel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Traffic chaos: Crashes on Southern motorway, motorists told to use Waterview Tunnel
Two crashes on the southern motorway are causing havoc this morning.
![Capturing catastrophe: In 2020, photos show world in distress](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Capturing catastrophe: In 2020, photos show world in distress
This is the world that AP photographers captured in 2020, a world beset by catastrophe.
![Person dead after being trapped under tree](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Person dead after being trapped under tree
Emergency services were called to a rural property near Waiuku around 7pm on Friday.
![Person trapped under tree in Waiuku](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Person trapped under tree in Waiuku
Emergency services are still responding to the incident which occurred around 7pm.
![Pedestrian struck by vehicle, critically injured in Greenlane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Pedestrian struck by vehicle, critically injured in Greenlane
Pedestrian taken to hospital with critical injuries.
![Rafting tragedy: Family forgive survivors after horror rafting drowning](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Rafting tragedy: Family forgive survivors after horror rafting drowning
Samuel Zarifeh's death on a rafting trip on the West Coast was preventable, says Coroner.
![Horror Hawke's Bay crash: 3 killed on way to work identified](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Horror Hawke's Bay crash: 3 killed on way to work identified
High school student among the three killed in Hawke's Bay crash.
![Chemicals on road after truck crash, driver seriously injured, road closed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Chemicals on road after truck crash, driver seriously injured, road closed
A truck has rolled on SH27 in Ngarua, in the Matamata-Piako district, early this morning.
![Driver killed in crash in Norsewood, Tararua district](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Driver killed in crash in Norsewood, Tararua district
A driver has died in a single-vehicle crash about 7.55pm last night
![River death: Car sails over playground - 'seconds away from bigger tragedy'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
River death: Car sails over playground - 'seconds away from bigger tragedy'
Eyewitnesses say the car plunged to earth as if in a movie stunt scene.
!['I heard somebody yelling for help' - neighbour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'I heard somebody yelling for help' - neighbour
A man is in a serious condition after being pinned between a van and a house in Remuera.
![Serious injuries after truck rolls on to car in Oamaru](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Serious injuries after truck rolls on to car in Oamaru
A truck has rolled onto its side while travelling under a railway overbridge in Oamaru.
![Road closed after serious Auckland crash, three injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Road closed after serious Auckland crash, three injured
A serious smash has left part of a busy road closed ahead of rush hour this morning.
![Teen critically injured in plunge down Bethells Beach sand dune](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Teen critically injured in plunge down Bethells Beach sand dune
A girl has been flown to hospital after an accident on the famous Bethells Beach dunes.
![Serious crash closes major downtown Auckland street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Serious crash closes major downtown Auckland street
A crash has meant one of Auckland's major city streets is closed to all traffic.
![Truck driver critically injured after crash on SH23 in Waikato](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Truck driver critically injured after crash on SH23 in Waikato
A truck driver has been critically injured in a crash on SH23 in Waikato this morning.
![Young motocross rider seriously injured after accident at North Island track](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Young motocross rider seriously injured after accident at North Island track
A boy was seriously injured after he came off his bike at a motocross track.
![Horror ride: The scary 15 seconds packed school bus careened out of control](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Horror ride: The scary 15 seconds packed school bus careened out of control
It was a nightmare ride for 40 pupils on their way home from school.
![Tragedy at crossing: Husband killed, wife fighting for life after celebrating All Blacks win at pub](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Tragedy at crossing: Husband killed, wife fighting for life after celebrating All Blacks win at pub
New Plymouth couple Keith and Lou Roebuck were on SH1 in Tokoroa when tragedy struck.
![Tragedy strikes twice: Child fire survivor dies after Auckland hit and run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Tragedy strikes twice: Child fire survivor dies after Auckland hit and run
A young motorcyclist who survived a childhood horror house fire dies in a hit and run.