The sister of the Kiwi sole survivor of Tuesday's plane crash in PNG says she felt "utter disbelief" when she heard he was alive.

A mid-air explosion forced a Qantas' 747 jetliner carrying 230 people to make an emergency landing.

The sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.

The NZ High Commissioner is on her way to a remote plane crash site in Papua New Guinea where one New Zealander and three Australians died. The NZ co-pilot is the sole survivor.

Almost 12 people a week are being killed by accidents in their own homes, new ACC figures show.

Twelve New Zealanders are dying each week from accidents in their homes and alcohol is a significant factor, according to ACC statistics.

Laboratory crash tests allow direct car-to-car comparisons but they don't replicate the real world.

An Auckland surgeon says he was astounded when a 15-year-old girl walked into hospital complaining she had swallowed a 19cm toothbrush.