A climber plunged 300m to his death in front of dozens of horrified skiers on Mt Ruapehu yesterday.

The Mountain Safety Council is strongly recommending skiers and snowboarders wear helmets after another fatality at Mount Hutt skifield in Canterbury.

A Christchurch man has died from injuries after falling about 300m at Mt Hutt Ski Area, the third skiing fatality on the mountain this year.

A NZ-born woman has been killed after falling 200m down a cliff during a dream holiday.

A helicopter pilot was sending and receiving text messages in the minutes prior to being killed in a crash, a report says.

A horror weekend for a Merivale family saw them become victims of both a house fire and a burglary within hours.

A teenager charged with assault following the death of a man during a street brawl in south Auckland has appeared briefly in court.

One of the cars in a double-fatal crash at the weekend was earlier stopped for speeding, police say.

Two people have been charged with assault after a man was fatally struck by a car during a street brawl in south Auckland early this morning.