The community is rallying for a 12-year-old rugby starlet who is in an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter.

The former Pike River safety manager who lost one son in the mine explosion tragedy says tuning in to watch a new tele-doco will be too traumatic.

Two people have been seriously injured following a multiple car crash that has also injured four others in central Auckland tonight.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington this morning.

A truck driver was quick to help rescue a woman trapped in her upside-down car.

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A 12-year-old boy riding a scooter has been critically injured after being struck by a car on the North Shore this afternoon, police say.

Children involved in a car crash at Mount Maunganui are now sucking on iceblocks given to them by paramedics called to the scene. Police

A motorcyclist has died in Auckland tonight.

A man who died after his motorbike and a car collided in Hamilton has been named by police as Richard James Bennett.

DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: The family of a mother and 3 kids killed when a truck driver smashed into them on the phone have talked of their "utter devastation".

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon after the accident.

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon

Paramedics and police have been called to a crash in South Auckland tonight.

An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened

New Zealand rules which ban all ages from cycling on footpaths are out of step with other countries, transport officials say.

A man was taken to hospital in a serious condition after falling 2.5m off a roof in the Coromandel.

Actor James Rolleston remembers nothing from four days before the crash that almost took his life.

Auckland wedding DJ Stephen Buckley said he occasionally saw people hurt themselves on the dance floor, fall off tables or crash into things.

Police are at the scene of a car crash in Hamilton north where a fight has ensued. A police spokesman said emergency services received

A woman was thrown from the back of a 4WD ute when it rolled on an Auckland beach.

Three cars have crashed near a rail bridge north of Wellington - causing a backlog of traffic along SH1.

A car that drove off a parking building was believed to be caused by an elderly person having a "medical event".

The emergency stop switch on the Thunder River Rapids ride was reportedly being controlled by an 18-year-old woman on her first day on the job.

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Man killed while taking part in Street Races went everywhere with his parrot Reggie who squawked and flapped when his best mate crashed and later died.

The tragedy at Dreamworld, where four people have died, is the second major incident on a ride at the Queensland theme park in just six months.

Four people have been killed in a horror accident on a Gold Coast theme park ride.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were sent out to Colville on Sunday in one of 19 callouts over the long weekend.