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

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.

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.

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.

The man responsible for the deaths of two Mosgiel siblings is a changed man, according to the Parole Board.

The innocent driver involved in a crash which saw a teenager die has described the haunting moments he realised she was dead.

Midwives have complained that a lack of safe transfers from Central Otago and Queenstown to main centres is putting "women and babies at risk".

Diversions in place after truck rolls.

A wheelchair-bound man managed to escape a high-speed Hamilton crash after his foot got stuck on the accelerator.

Road remains closed after Karapiro crash that killed two.

Three ambulances take crash injured to hospital.