An Auckland man led police on a dangerous night pursuit.

Drivers warned to take care after Wellington crash.

Rachael De Jong drowned near Taupo on Waitangi Day - one of 31 drownings so far. Ahead of her funeral today, her family have written this tribute.

The parents of the boy who was decapitated when riding America's tallest water slide speak out for the first time and share his final words.

Police are investigating whether the bus was speeding at the time, according to local media.

Judy Richards, whose son Rhys Middleton was killed by a tourist driver last year, is leading calls for testing foreign motorists.

A Canadian cruise ship passenger and "self-made man'' was in Dunedin for the day when he was knocked from his bicycle in front of his shocked wife and began a battle for his life.

The woman killed in a head-on crash near Queenstown yesterday was a 49-year-old Australian, police say.

A woman who survived a crash into Lake Wakatipu was initially trapped in her vehicle, police say.

French cruise ship L'Austral has come under investigation for the second time in a month after reportedly hitting a rock in Milford Sound.

A woman was injured after the car she was driving hit a parked car and then "burst into the lounge'' of a Dunedin house today.

A cyclist sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a campervan in Dunedin today. A St John spokesman said an ambulance

An Auckland woman says she was left looking "like a burns victim" after a botched beauty treatment at a Ponsonby salon.

A woman's single dress boot found in a remote valley in the Southern Alps has reignited one of New Zealand's greatest aviation mysteries.

One person has been injured after the car they were in drove off the road and into a swamp in Taranaki. The car, which was travelling

The parents of a young Victorian woman killed in the jetski collision with her boyfriend in Thailand say they do not blame him for her death.

No one is believed injured in two-car crash.

Road will be closed for around three hours while the spill is cleared, say police.

The swimmers tried to jump to safety in front of horrified witnesses.

An ambulance and rescue helicopter are on their way to the isolated scene.

An eight-year-old is in hospital after being hit by a car on a Mt Eden street in Auckland.

The woman killed in a head-on collision on a rural Auckland road was found by her best friend, who sat with her for hours until her body could be removed.

A serious truck crash caused major problems for commuters heading into Wellington CBD this morning.

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if it can improve safety after a woman was swept to her death by the surging waters of the Waikato River.

A dodgy escape route chosen by two bicycle thieves ended up with one of them and a police officer being rescued from a cliff face in Wellington.

A child has been trapped in a van after it rolled into a ditch along a rural Eastern Bay of Plenty Road this afternoon.

A man is in hospital after an accident on a moped in the Waikato this morning.

One person is in a critical condition after a crash in West Auckland tonight.

EXCLUSIVE: The survivor of one of the country's worst maritime disasters tells his story for the first time.

A group of Kiwis badly hurt in a Sri Lankan road crash have scrapped their wedding trip and are heading back to New Zealand for "proper" medical treatment.