What's behind the horror on our roads? A look into the factors that are causing crashes.

Stephanie Batchelor remembers the last time she saw her father - walking to the car in which he would die.

There could be up to 111 fewer police on New Zealand roads this summer.

A Herald investigation reveals the most dangerous roads during the Christmas holiday period.

Two people have died after a bus carrying school bands and their chaperons from Tonga went 100m off a bank and crashed south of Gisborne.

More than two weeks after an 11-year-old boy was abducted and sexually assaulted in West Auckland, other attempted abductions continue to be reported.

There have been two more reports of attempted child abductions in West Auckland, as police continue to hunt for the man responsible for the assault of an 11-year-old boy.

An ex-policeman and close friend of slain jogger Jo Pert has laid a complaint against police for not detaining her killer the night before her death.

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Tongan cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a and Sunia "Junior" Ungo'unga died in the charter boat tragedy.

Three abduction-related incidents within a week in West Auckland has parents on "high alert".

IPCA complaint laid over Jo Pert's killer not being arrested the night before her death, despite being found with a large knife.

A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.

A man asked a 12-year-old walking home to get inside his ute in Ranui - the latest report of strangers approaching children in the area.

New data shows that more than 180 burglaries went unsolved each day in the first half of this year.

Few details are available about the terrifying abduction and sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in West Auckland last week.

Hunt continues for man who abducted and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy in West Auckland.

An Auckland man has described how he found a body while taking a shortcut through the Auckland Domain.

A man allegedly assaulted a woman in downtown Auckland after preaching to her about Jesus.

Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

A car that was earlier being sought in relation to a fatal house fire in Auckland last night has been found parked in he same suburb.

An Auckland family whose shop was robbed as they slept upstairs are hoping CCTV footage will identify the man responsible.

Two children badly hurt when a tree fell onto a playground this afternoon are now in stable conditions at Starship Hospital.

Two men found guilty of burning another man alive for his life savings have had their appeal thrown out by the Supreme Court. Shivneel

Two brave Auckland sisters have waived their rights to automatic name suppression so their abuser can be identified.

A dinghy found floating near Brown's Island may be connected to the mysterious fire there, police have confirmed.

An Auckland personal trainer has received $48,000 after falling 2.7m from a fire escape in September 2015.

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

Nearly 300 complaints have been upheld against New Zealand Police officers, says a new report.

A group of schoolchildren made a lucky escape before their school bus was completely gutted by fire in Nelson this afternoon.

A 15-year-old Auckland girl has been referred to youth aid following dawn police raids this morning.

Brazen thieves who robbed a couple as they slept began taking photos of themselves flaunting their stolen property just a few hours later.

The killer who strangled a 13-year-old girl in Auckland in 1976 now appears to have got away with her murder.

EXCLUSIVE: They died at the hands of a man facing mental health struggles, and now their only daughter is calling for urgent changes to prevent further tragedies.

A 36-year-old woman will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of another woman who was fatally stabbed at a house in West Auckland.

A heart attack victim has been described by medics as a "very lucky man" after having the medical issue at an event wherewith two

Police will release the name of the Hepburn Rd victim on Monday, once the next of kin have been informed, an officer has said.

The 42-year old victim of a fatal stabbing was a "really nice guy" who lived with his partner and children on the street in which he died.

The women attending a girls' day out that ended with a fatal stabbing are "like sisters" and the woman now accused of murder was a gatecrasher, says the host.

Neighbours saw women fighting, yelling and one throw a chair before a fatal stabbing at an Auckland home yesterday.

A mother who died at the hands of her son will be cremated alongside him and their ashes interred together.

Methamphetamine addicts are flooding New Zealand's rehab services, with some reporting an 80 per cent surge in demand for services in the last six months.

A new charity event in Auckland is the first of its kind in the world.

A man who died while docking a container ship at Lyttelton last year was not wearing a life jacket and was harnessed to a faulty wire, a report has found.

In the three Auckland police districts combined, there were 2645 fewer foot patrols in the year ending in June.

The men alleged to be involved in a fatal shooting at an isolated rural community were father and son, according to close family friends.

Auckland Council has pulled down a public art installation depicting homelessness because they thought the piece was a pile of trash.

More people have died on New Zealand roads this year than the entire number killed in 2013. AA has issued a warning to road users

There are fresh calls for a mental health inquiry following last week's Bremner killings.

The Waikato DHB is reviewing its mental health care processes after Ross Bremner's murderous rampage last week.

His wife's scream was all that alerted an Auckland driver to an oncoming train.

A Waikato driver may have to take a week out of the dating game, after he was stung with a fine for Tindering behind the wheel.

Police frustrated over needless road deaths where staff have to "front up to someone's front door and tell them their loved one is not coming home".

The driver of the 13 tonne truck with a 4 tonne load of timber on the back was heading up Queen St when the brakes failed.

Defendant in Navy sexual violation trial says the complainant was willing.

Woman too scared to report attack had made complaints about three other Navy colleagues, court hears.

Witness says defendant was in cabin as he and alleged attack victim had sex on a Navy ship.

The Solicitor General is "looking into" a judge's decision to issue a young rugby player a discharge without conviction for assaulting four people.

A junior Navy officer who alleges she was sexually violated by a superior says she was in too much shock to scream for help.

A "brazen" burglar has allegedly been caught staring down the lens of a CCTV camera - and then stealing from the Auckland home anyway.

The Kiwi mother of Australian girl Tiahleigh Palmer has today addressed media for the first time.

A 15-year-old girl called for help and comforted a man crushed in his van door under her house.

Three schools in Tokoroa have been vandalised overnight, with up to half the windows at some schools being smashed. It is understood

Teen from Kaiwaka fell from the top of stairs and slid down and hit the concrete at the bottom.

One of New Zealand's most sadistic killers will remain in jail because he still refuses to accept responsibility for elements of his horrific crimes.

A 17-year-old girl has been arrested in relation to the brutal car jacking in Panmure that hospitalised an elderly woman last week.

Police are revealing all about the thin blue lines - and the black ones and the red ones - that decorate their skin.

A woman was brutally bashed and dragged from her car in an Auckland carpark today.

A 12-year-old was flown to Starship hospital after a suspected spinal injury from playing football. Auckland's Westpac Rescue Helicopter

Non-Maori offenders are more likely to get off with police warnings than Maori offenders, a report has found.

Tributes to fugitive Alaric Eccleston, part-time rapper and 'amazing person' who jumped off Harbour Bridge to his death after being chased across city by police.

People using cannabis are "jovial" and punishing them won't stop them using the drug, says a New Zealand police officer arguing for law reform.

The second week of the defamation trial against former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has resumed in the High Court at Auckland today.

A woman has been arrested over allegations she bashed a cowering 15-year-old girl around the head.

Violent robberies have increased up to 54 per cent in some parts of New Zealand.

A teenage schoolgirl was allegedly kicked in the head by a young woman outside a New Zealand school this week, after Facebook threats escalated.