A newborn baby was killed in a tragic driveway accident that left a woman screaming "the baby is dead".

The husband of a woman whose car was in collision with a male cyclist as she was turning into her driveway, killing him instantly, says the family are devastated about what happened.

A cyclist was killed last night when he and a car collided on an East Auckland road - the latest in a series of serious cycling accidents.

Penelope Rae Phillips - the grandmother who died after being hit by a driver who allegedly took off from a police checkpoint - arrived at her funeral in her monster truck.

A Manuwatu river rafting company has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines after the 2007 drowning of an employee.

A high school student has undergone surgery after suffering severe burns from a technology class assignment gone wrong this morning.