A mother was probably distracted for only a moment before a crash with a bus that claimed her three-year-old son's life, a coroner has found.

The tight-knit community of Kaikoura is mourning the loss of a man whose body was believed to have been found in a burnt-out van near a popular surf beach.

Children in their first two years of primary school will be legally required to be restrained in car seats, but experts say it's height that matters.

Child restraints will be mandatory for children up to the age of seven under new rules announced by Government today.

A man is fighting for his life after being run down by a ute following a street brawl in Rotorua.

The only survivor of a car crash that killed four South American tourists has spoken about his recovery and his plan to return to New Zealand.

A man whose son drowned after his car rolled into a pond on the West Coast last month has finally been interviewed by police.

The family of a Canadian woman killed in a road accident on a Waitomo intersection say they are shocked to learn another tourist's life has been taken there.

A woman who died when she was hit by a train today near Ashburton had been the subject of a police pursuit earlier this morning.