A woman injured when the car she was driving toppled from a car park building in Christchurch has now been released from Christchurch Hospital.

A lucky escape for the driver of this vehicle at a shopping mall in Christchurch after the vehicle exited the carpark through a barrier on the 2nd floor.

A baby who drowned at a popular marina is believed to have wriggled out of a stroller parked on a narrow walkway beside the water.

A Mother's Day lunch today will double as a fundraiser for two children who survived a car crash that claimed the life of their mum.

Blade Nathan-Burdett looks around his Whenuapai home. It's a drizzly day, and there's not much to smile about.

A string of hunting accidents is proof New Zealand's firearms laws need to be reviewed, a leading gun control advocate says.

Auckland motorists are being urged to avoid the Ash Street area of Avondale in Auckland after a car hit a tree.

The death of a talented Australian tennis coach, who disappeared in Hamilton late last year and was found drowned in the Waikato River, was accidental, a coroner has ruled.

The wife of a New Zealander missing on Malaysia Airlines MH370 is spearheading a new victims' group pushing authorities to "share and release" information about the ill-fated flight

An experienced lineman had isolated the wrong line then lied to his employer prior to his death about carrying out proper safety checks, an inquest has heard.

The partner of a man who drowned at a beach known for its unpredictable conditions says a local motel owner told the family it was safe, new coroner's findings reveal.

A 15-year-old Northland boy died after succumbing to fatal injuries he sustained during an "absolute chance'' BMX accident, a coroner has found.

A man and a woman were seriously injured when they were thrown from their out-of-control car on the road from Castlepoint, in Wairarapa, about 7pm.

A four-year-old boy injured in a quad-bike crash in Canterbury last month has died in hospital.

Donations are flowing in for two Tauranga children seriously hurt in a crash that killed their mother, Tracey O'Brien, as she was driving past a Bay of Plenty wedding venue.

Two northbound lanes of Auckland's southern motorway have been closed following a serious crash near Gillies Ave.

A male pedestrian has been critically injured after being hit by a car south of Woodlands in Southland.

Two children continue to fight for their lives after a car crash that took the life of their mother yesterday.

The operation to recover bodies from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month has been suspended because of heavy seas amid concern many of the missing may never be found.

Two children badly injured in a fatal crash in the Bay of Plenty may be taken to Auckland's Starship Hospital for further treatment.

A loving 28-year-old father who fell from his motorcycle in Waipukurau nine days ago has passed away in Wellington Hospital.

Part of Auckland's Southern Motorway northbound is down to one lane after a van rolled this evening.

In the aftermath of a violent head-on smash, with her youngest child screaming for "mummy", Debbie Bell looked at her legs and knew she was in trouble.

Eight men have been injured, two critically, in a collision between a van and a logging truck in Hawkes Bay.

Fifty-one workers were killed while they were doing their jobs last year, the Council of Trade Unions says.

A 19-year-old has died after the car he was in, which was carrying four others, crashed south of Dunedin early today.

A young mother-of-four who "lived every day for her babies" was yesterday farewelled in a moving, tear-filled ceremony after she was killed on a notorious stretch of highway.

A man who died after the ute he was driving in rural North Canterbury rolled and crushed him yesterday morning has been named.