Over twice as many men - 31 - died at work between July and November when compared to the same period in 2007.

Blood, fat and discarded pieces of butchered animals were spread 15km on SH2 after a tailgate opened on a truck.

The motorist who knocked down four cyclists on Auckland's Tamaki Drive has pleaded guilty to four charges of careless driving.

"The number of women [caught] was just amazing. Years ago, it was just men who were dumb enough to drink drive," a road policing manager says.