Police have named the man who died following a crash in Kaukapakapa, on Wednesday 15 February.

Firefighters have cut people out of two vehicles, after a fatal crash at Clevedon, southeast of Auckland.

One person is in a critical condition after a road accident southwest of Te Kuiti.

An independent ship surveyor raised concern about the Francie operating on the Kaipara bar three months before the ill-fated boat sank in the area.

It was the game that merged virtuality and reality and had scores of people out and about keen to catch them all.

The crash occurred near Glenavy in South Canterbury.

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.

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.

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a motorcycle crash in Waikato this afternoon.

A Tauranga man has sustained serious injuries after falling from his trail bike at a motocross event near Matata today.

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

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.

Man flown to Waikato Hospital after rope swing snaps, and he falls 8m.

Emergency services headed to Canterbury crash.

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.