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.

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.

A runaway truck rolled down a hill and fatally pinned a 62-year-old against another truck in a tragedy that has shocked a small community.

A 62-year-old Dunedin man has died in a "tragic accident" after being pinned between two trucks as he talked to their drivers this morning.

A man has been charged with driving while disqualified after his car crashed into a couple in Christchurch last night, killing them.

The couple killed when a fleeing motorist ploughed into their car during a police pursuit last night have been named.

Police have been cleared of any wrongdoing over the death of a 22-year-old motorcyclist after a pursuit last year, the IPCA has found.

Two innocent people were killed after a car involved in a police chase ran a red light.

Two people are dead after a car smash involving a car being chased by police.