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Why the road toll in NZ is falling

Fatal crashes are becoming rarer and the reasons go beyond the safety messages we usually hear.

Tower fall victim discharged

Logging truck crash blocks highway

A logging truck has rolled on the Lewis Pass this morning, spilling logs across the road and completely blocking State Highway 7.

Peter Bromhead: Biggest puzzle is parting fact and fiction

Search for Flight MH370 shifts south

Australian officials say the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will shift farther south of the most recent suspected crash site in a remote stretch of Indian Ocean.

Motorcyclist dies after police chase

The motorcyclist killed while fleeing police in Christchurch today has left behind a young son, his distraught friends say.

Motorist realised crash car was wife's

Mac Robinson drove past a fatal crash in Matamata on Monday night before glancing back and realising the car involved was his wife's.

Teens left parentless after dad crushed

Three teenagers must now cope without their parents, after their father was crushed between two trucks on Monday, five years after their mother died.

After falling off cliff, man regrets chasing goat

A man who fell 40 metres down a cliff while chasing a wild goat says he's lucky to be alive.

Man dies in modified trike crash

A man died after what police describe as a "highly modified trike" crashed in Napier yesterday.

Motorist trapped following Waikato crash

Two trucks crash in Christchurch

A major crash involving two large trucks damaged traffic lights in Christchurch this morning.

Man seriously injures hand in hay feeder

Family feel let down by St John

MH370 search 'diverted' to wrong area

The 100-day search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has not yet explored the area most likely to be the final resting place of the plane because it was diverted by bogus "black box" signals, according to Inmarsat, the British satellite firm.

Amateur diver's death could have been prevented - coroner