The former Bethlehem College student who was driving the minibus in Kenya which crashed, killing four people, was encouraged to drive.

An Auckland man who gave CPR to a toddler found face down in a hot pool has played down his actions.

Hunting for Easter eggs is coming with a $12.2 million warning this Easter, after nearly 20,000 people injured themselves at the expense of taxpayers last year.

A Northland farmer who campaigned for tractor safety says now is the time to adopt similar procedures to prevent further quad bike deaths.

A man's throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday.

Trucks and bikes aren't a very good combination.

A 19-year-old man who rolled his ute called his own ambulance after laying trapped for two hours with spinal injuries.

Two "lucky" women continue to recover in hospital today after surviving a head-on crash involving a convertible Audi on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last night.

A New Zealander rescued from a stricken yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has been left penniless after thieves stripped her vessel when it washed up in Australia.

A woman has fed herself and held her children for the first time since a surfing accident left her paralysed.

A teenager killed in a car crash in Papakura has been remembered by grief-stricken friends and his rugby team.

Police are urging young people to take lessons from the tragedy that killed Cheyenne Hemana, 17, and her two nephews.

The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.

Two children - a baby and an 11-year-old boy - and their young aunt were killed in a crash that also left their 6-year-old sister and a man fighting for their lives.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.

Several thousand litres of glue have spilled onto the road after two trucks collided on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei this morning.

A pilot who ditched his helicopter in a Northland bay has been slammed by crash investigators for a series of failings.

A survivor of a crash in the Lindis Pass that claimed two lives, caused by an inexperienced driver, wants to see rental car companies imposing tougher controls on who it hires vehicles to.

There have been problems for Auckland commuters on the southern motorway this morning.

A group of children say they are grateful to their elderly school bus driver who managed to pull over safely after he was hit by a metal pole that flew through the windscreen.