A new tale of courage has emerged in the aftermath of a fiery accident which claimed the life of a 4-year-old boy.

A couple in a vintage Model T Ford fell backwards off a three-storey-high cliff as fellow car club members watched in horror.

A teenage girl is in hospital with neck and abdominal injuries after a relative ran over her with a quad bike during a school fundraising ride.

A young boy who was killed when his family van rolled and flipped on a motorway yesterday may not have been buckled in.

High winds caught Stacey Hopper's plane as it took off, causing it to dip and clip the van that had dropped him at the airstrip, a good friend says.

At least 60 firefighters were needed to quell a blaze understood to be the largest in Hamilton since a fatal coolstore explosion two years ago.

Multimillion dollar property empire heir Stacey Hopper was killed instantly when the family aircraft he was piloting crashed into an occupied van.

Two heroes risked their lives to pull three children and a grandmother from a burning car.

A member of a prominent Far North family has been killed after his plane crashed in a field near Whangarei yesterday.