A boy is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Whangarei this afternoon.

Twins needed CPR after being pulled from a pool in Sydney.

A man has been taken to hospital in serious condition with spinal and rib injuries after a paragliding crash in Queenstown.

A truck carrying a large amount of gravel rolled this afternoon on one of the main routes to Auckland Airport.

A truck driver is flown to hospital after a crash north of Auckland this morning.

Changes to school toilets unlikely, despite death of 9-year-old boy.

Police name quad biker killed in Port Waikato crash.

Grandma mind the eggnog and little Timmy beware the shiny new skateboard, as Christmas Day is dangerous.

Helicopter crews used night-vision goggles to rescue a man who had a car crash in Waihi.

A Matamata pedestrian has had a miraculous escape from serious injury after being hit by a truck this morning.

Motorists should expect delays for the next two hours after two-truck crash injures two.

A man killed when a van and bus collided on a busy road on Auckland's North Shore has been described as a "gentle giant".

Michael Smith is suing Idol producers over an incident that happened as he was getting ready to perform for the judges on a taping of the program.

Power has been fully restored to more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Gisborne tonight, after a 33-hour outage.

A truck has rolled, blocking one lane of State Highway 7 - the temporary main road between Picton and Christchurch.

When authorities pulled up to a Ford parked outside a casino, they were drawn into the sort of tragic scene that has been playing out across the US.

Two people have been helicoptered to Auckland Hospital following a two-vehicle crash near Warkworth, north of Auckland, this afternoon.

The woman was flown by rescue helicopter to Wellington Hospital after she was struck by the vehicle.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

Members of the New Zealand public are giving generously to the families of the men who tragically died in a boating accident in Kaipara

Traffic is quickly banking up after a five-car pile up on Auckland's northern motorway.

Police said the single-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Elliot Rd and State Highway 26 south-east of Thames about 2am.

A woman was impaled on a fence post outside an Eden Terrace bar on Wednesday night. She was impaled by the leg near Galbraith's Alehouse

One person is trapped after a "truck versus truck" accident in Auckland west of Manurewa.

A tractor has flipped in a crash with a truck on the outskirts of Gisborne this morning.

A Dutch rock climber was injured after falling 14m at a popular climbing spot in the South Island this afternoon.

The recovery yesterday of the last of the men lost when a fishing boat capsized on the Kaipara Bar gave some relief to mourners at a memorial service.

A car parked in the driveway was all that saved Sylvia Lawrence when a car smashed through a fence and into the bedroom wall, her daughter says.

A car crash and a bus breakdown has led to traffic crawling through Auckland's central motorway at lunchtime.

A person is in a serious condition after a car crashed into a pole in Cambridge this morning.