A man escaped with minor injuries when hit by a vehicle on State Highway 1 south of Woodlands, Southland.

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

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

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.

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.

A father saw his daughters' faces flash before him as he risked his life, diving into the surf to save two girls caught in a rip at a Hawkes Bay beach yesterday.

Three lives have been claimed on the Riversdale-Waikaia Road in Southland late last night, according to police.

As the dog lead tightened around her neck, Maxine Lozell feared she would die at the hands of her attackers.

In 1995, 20-year-old Travis Roy was making his debut for the Boston College ice hockey team when 11 seconds into his collegiate career he mistimed a hit on an opponent and slammed hard into the boards, breaking the C4-C5 vertebrae in his neck.

The privacy waiver form used by ACC for 1.7 million claims a year is unlawful, a lawyer says.

Lowering the alcohol purchase age has been linked to a long-term increase in the chance of drunk drivers aged 18 or 19 being involved in car crashes that cause death or injury.

A 4-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a quad bike accident this afternoon.

Wanaka firm Adventure Consultants has cancelled its 2014 Everest expedition following Friday's fatal avalanche.

'I can't imagine stepping over them.' Most sherpas have decided to leave Everest, saying they will not climb the mountain while their friends are still buried in the snow.

Police are warning drivers to pay attention on rural roads after a head-on collision near Paeroa yesterday morning.

A 5-year-old boy has died in a driveway incident in Pokeno this afternoon, the second fatal incident involving a child in Counties Manukau District in only two weeks.

Police investigating a fatal west Auckland car crash are looking into whether one car cutting off another began a deadly chain of events.

A mother whose car left the road and plunged 15m into a river in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday was still seriously ill yesterday.

Four Kiwis were among a climbing group on Mt Everest when a deadly avalanche struck on Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese advance party guides and leaving four others missing.

A woman has described her dramatic escape from her submerged car after it was swept off the road by raging floodwaters.