Ice skid prompts reminder for drivers
Motorists are being reminded to drive to the conditions after a car skidded on ice and rolled in a Dunedin street yesterday morning.
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Woman critical after four-storey fall
Woman critical after four-storey fall
A woman who witnessed a teenage window cleaner plummet four storeys in Auckland this afternoon is struggling to come to terms with what she saw.
Person killed by passenger train
Person killed by passenger train
A person was hit and killed by a passenger train north of Wellington this afternoon.
Farm worker killed, wife injured by power line
Farm worker killed, wife injured by power line
A farm worker has died after he was electrocuted in a horrific accident on a rural property near Kaikoura.
Lucky escape after van goes into stream
Lucky escape after van goes into stream
Two people have had a narrow escape after driving their van into a swollen stream in the Bay of Plenty.
Footpath crash-accused named
Footpath crash-accused named
A man accused of driving a car into two girls as they walked along an Auckland footpath has lost name suppression.
Cars on beach, in water after crashes
Cars on beach, in water after crashes
One car ended up in the water and another on a beach after two separate car crashes in the space of 20 minutes in Whangarei this morning.
Woman dies after fall from cliff
Woman dies after fall from cliff
A woman who fell from a Christchurch clifftop on Saturday has died from her injuries.
Teen in coma after accident
Teen in coma after accident
The family of a gravely ill schoolboy is at his bedside as he fights for his life after being hit by a car in Hamilton yesterday.
One dead, three injured in Auckland crash
One dead, three injured in Auckland crash
One person is dead and three are in Auckland Hospital after a three-car pileup on Auckland's central motorway junction last night.
Driver charged over cyclist's death
Driver charged over cyclist's death
A driver who opened the door of his car, allegedly causing the death of cyclist who swerved into the path of a truck on an Auckland street is to face criminal charges.
Dead person reportedly hit by truck and trailer
Dead person reportedly hit by truck and trailer
One person is dead after reportedly being hit by a truck and trailer unit at Pakuranga, in east Auckland today.
Highway closed after petrol leaks from rolled tanker
Highway closed after petrol leaks from rolled tanker
State Highway 2 is likely to be closed until this afternoon after a petrol tanker rolled south of the small western Bay of Plenty town of Katikati, spilling petrol on to the road.
Hang glider pilot killed in crash
Hang glider pilot killed in crash
A 47-year-old hang glider pilot is dead after a crash in the Paekakariki Hill area north of Wellington.
Pilot injured in chopper crash
Pilot injured in chopper crash
The pilot of a helicopter which crashed north of Levin today is in Palmerston North Hospital with head injuries.
Logger crushed to death
Logger crushed to death
A Blenheim man is dead after being crushed by a tree in the Upper Awatere Valley last week.
Otago youth killed in crash named
Otago youth killed in crash named
Police have released the name of a teenager killed when his van crashed in Heriot, west Otago, just before midnight on Saturday.
Charges after fatal jetski accident
Charges after fatal jetski accident
Two people will face charges after a fatal jetski crash near Rotorua in January.
Officer denies texting at time of fatal crash
Officer denies texting at time of fatal crash
A police officer has denied he was texting when the patrol car he was driving hit and killed a 16-year-old youth in Northland in 2009.
Officials among 14 dead in plane crash
Officials among 14 dead in plane crash
A small Honduran commercial airliner crashed yesterday near the capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including a senior government official and a top union leader, authorities said.