
Falling crossbar crushes boy's face
A mother is calling for a city council to take action after a falling football goal crossbar broke all but one bone in her son's face.
A mother is calling for a city council to take action after a falling football goal crossbar broke all but one bone in her son's face.
First five Stephen Donald and fullback Mils Muliaina will carry Waikato's hopes on their shoulders against Manawatu on Thursday.
A witness to the accident in which a truck driver was impaled by a canoe says it was "swinging out on to the oncoming lane like a jousting pole".
The suspension of 15 striking laboratory workers in the North Island this morning was an attempt to intimidate them, their union says.
Brendon Hartley will race with Italian team Coloni Motorsport in the final two rounds of the GP2 series, which is regarded as the strongest Formula One feeder category.
Slips and surface flooding are causing havoc for motorists in the lower North Island as heavy rain and gale force winds sweep the region.
After a year of rock'n'roll adventures in the USA, Gin Wigmore returns to stake her claim in this year's New Zealand Music Awards and play a national tour. She talks to Scott Kara.
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.
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.
The Green Party wants to bring our most elite troops home from Afghanistan following reports of links to the torture of prisoners.