Lifesavers plead for care as death toll rises
Surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to take care in the water after a spate of drownings.
Surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to take care in the water after a spate of drownings.
One person is dead and three others have minor injuries after a crash on the Hibiscus Coast, north of Auckland today.
Three deaths yesterday and two more early this morning have brought the Christmas road toll into double figures.
A father gave his life to save his son in the sea south of Auckland yesterday afternoon.
A teenager's New Year's Day fun turned to tragedy after he jumped from a 24m waterfall and never surfaced.
A two-year old has died falling part-way out of a bunk bed and suffocating while on a family holiday.
Experts believe publicity around new laws on cellphone use, drugged drivers and illegal street racing led to the smallest number of road deaths ever recorded.
A woman is dead after a crash north of Queenstown this afternoon, taking the holiday road toll to six.
New Zealand's road toll was running last night at its second lowest since 1960, although the police still want drivers to take extra care over New Year.
Two separate incidents on Bay of Plenty roads have pushed up the holiday road toll tonight.
An All Black prop from the 70s has died in a jet-boating accident in the Mackenzie Country.
Sea lice bites, swimmers' rash, summer rash - whatever you want to call it, it's rife at this time of year and drives swimmers crazy.
A teenager was in a critical condition last night after two cars collided and one spun off the road and burst into flames.
One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash near Ward in the Marlborough region this afternoon, bringing the holiday road toll to two.
Diesel and whey have spilled into the Awakino River after a milk tanker crashed into the waterway and overturned.
All Black great Grahame Thorne has spoken of his grief at losing his eldest son in a Christmas Eve car crash in South Africa.
The final hours of Darren Grace's life are proving the greatest mystery to those he left behind.