iPod users are being warned by police to be vigilant on the roads after the death of a young woman who was hit by a car while listening to music.

A man is in hospital with suspected spinal injuries after he leapt off Whangarei Falls when bystanders egged him on.

A man killed in a microlight aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport has been named. Counselling is being offered to witnesses of the accident.

A keg of beer was pulled from the wreckage of a sports car which crashed head-on into a milk tanker, killing two teenagers.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

The latest deaths brought the total this year to 16, from 11 fatal pursuits - the worst on record.