A 48-year-old farmer has died after being trapped under a tree near the Waikato town of Otorohanga.

An Invercargill man has died as a result of a work place accident.

Ramon Milner slept through his alarm yesterday morning - and the lie-in could have saved his life.

A woman was killed and six men left with injuries similar to those sustained by "landmine" victims while inspecting work on a water pipe in Auckland's Onehunga yesterday.

Images from the scene of a fatal explosion on a construction site near Mt Smart and Victoria Roads, Onehunga.