The pilot whose helicopter crashed on Tuesday is facing charges over a previous incident.

Carnage on a rural Hawke's Bay road after a driver collides with wandering stock.

Foreign drivers are a worry but so are local drivers, say accident first-responders.

Rick Lucas escapes uninjured from his helicopter after it plunged into the water.

Several injured as crashes cause chaos in Auckland and Waikato.

Fiery crash closes a road and cuts power to thousands - but the driver is missing.

A Swiss climber has been killed in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal.

Joyrider takes out lamppost in Manurewa.

Almost 1000 people hospitalised from recreational water activities in the past 5 years.

Three men have been arrested after a dramatic police pursuit in Dunedin ended in a crash.

A person is dead and another seriously hurt after a crash this morning in South Auckland.

Traffic mayhem as truck crashes block two major roads north of Auckland.

Shocking moment young woman jumps off a 15m bridge and hits the riverbed.

Thick fog descended across Christchurch early this morning.

Christchurch businessman is "sore and bruised" after falling asleep at wheel of his BMW.

A serious crash has closed an intersection north of Morrinsville.

The crash happened around 3.30pm on Kapiro Rd in Kerikeri.

Heartbroken wife "blown away" by tremendous kindness during the worst days of her life.

Leslie Gelberger's wife spent her birthday mourning after her husband died while swimming.

SUV flips in Canterbury putting seven people in hospital.

A crash early this morning has closed SH22 near Drury.

A teen had his bottom burnt with an iron as part of his initiation into a sports team.

'Treatment injuries' cost NZ taxpayers $80 million in 2015 and 2016.

Three pedestrians, including the boy, were struck by an out-of-control Toyota LandCruiser.

Children died when the bus they were in crashed into a truck and exploded in South Africa.

Family members were looking for the boy after he was late arriving home.

He is still in "critical condition," having both legs amputated while in an induced coma.

One person is dead after truck crash near Waitomo.

Emergency services were called to Ranui train station this morning.

Fire services used the jaws of life to free a person whose car overturned.