Novice urges snow-lovers to take more care after brush with death on Mt Ruapehu.

An inquest into the death of a rally car driver has begun in Christchurch this morning.

"I was told I wouldn't get those sensations back." Gaining some feeling in his lower body has given quadriplegic Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele hope.

Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele has taken a "huge step" in his recovery, after being rendered quadriplegic in a devastating accident in the United States.

Lynda Veth scalped herself in a freak home accident - by tripping over her dog in the dark and cracking her head open on a door frame.

A woman has admitted causing the death of popular Auckland business leader Chris Heilbronn in a road smash.

Several All Black fans were injured after being struck by a stray firework at Eden Park tonight.

A man has been cut out of his truck after it crashed on the West Coast this morning, injuring both his legs.

Jerome Box was tragically killed when the helicopter he was in crashed into Mt Alta.

A meat worker who took a hook through his head from behind was dragged with the chain, as his workmate rushed to stop the machine.

A man is in a stable condition today after being impaled through his head by a hook on a piece of equipment at a Bay of Plenty meat works yesterday.

A woman has been taken to Auckland Hospital in a critical condition after she was hit by a car this evening, St John Ambulance says.

Jerome Box's death during a heliski excursion on Mt Alta on Saturday has devastated his close-knit family and church community, some of whom escaped the "mystery" crash.

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

The congregation at St Paul’s Church is preparing for "a tough couple of weeks" as the fatal crash of a churchgoer on a skiing holiday was announced.

Debris was strewn for almost 1km as a church group smashed into the side of a mountain aboard a helicopter yesterday, killing one and injuring six.

A 28-year-old has died after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed while fleeing police in South Auckland.

An Auckland schoolboy knocked down and dragged beneath a light truck on Thursday afternoon was last night fighting for his life.

A young man with critical leg injuries lay trapped in his crashed ute for more than 12 hours after his vehicle crashed down a bank and into a tree.

Gable Tostee has been charged with murder a week after Kiwi woman Warriena "Rrie" Wright plunged 14 storeys to her death from his Gold Coast apartment balcony.

ACC has released a new report which reveals which area of the country makes the most new claims each year - and the most injury-prone region may surprise you.

Fighting back tears, the sister of a young Kiwi woman who fell to her death from a Gold Coast balcony has described the pain of not knowing what happened.

A man has been charged with causing the death of young Air New Zealand employee nearly six months after the fatal crash.