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Photo depicts the wagon painted in the livery of the KiwiRail Capital Connection, at the tail end of the train

Rail RO-2022-101: Passenger train, Fire in auxiliary generator wagon, Palmerston North, 11 May 2022

, Inquiry Status: Closed

TAIC identifies safety issues for KiwiRail’s auxiliary generator wagons -- programmed maintenance checks and wagon fire detection alarms. Small fire in auxiliary generator wagon for Capital Connection passenger train, extinguished. Cause was spontaneous ignition of materials around hot exhaust. Circumstances: Corroded exhaust that nobody noticed because inspection wasn’t required and maintenance wasn’t done.

Compsite image shows the landscape with superimposed graphic of the flight path of the helicopter as recorded by the Airways New Zealand Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) system.

Aviation Night VFR rules, night instrument currency highlighted in TAIC report

TAIC calls on CAA to address ambiguous rules and guidance for night VFR and pilots’ instrument currency for night VFR. For want of night VFR instrument currency and practice, combined with darkness, cloud, and disorientation, the pilot an AS350 ‘Squirrel’ helicopter lost control, crashed, and did…

The accident helicopter

Aviation AO-2021-003: Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3e, ZK-ITD, loss of control in flight, Lammerlaw Range, 40 km northwest of Dunedin Aerodrome, 16 September 2021

, Inquiry Status: Closed

Fatal helicopter crash: Key factors in pilot losing control: darkness, cloud, disorientation, night VFR instrument currency. CAA needs to address ambiguous rules and guidance for night VFR and pilots’ instrument currency for night VFR. Safety lessons around need for pilots to keep learning, shift…

Figure 6 from the final report. The glider wreckage is shown in an aerial photo of the accident site. The wings are embedded in trees and bushes on the mountainside. The tail section has broken off. The cockpit structure is also broken off and in numerous pieces.

Aviation AO-2020-002: Glider, Schleicher ASK21, ZK-GTG, Impact with Terrain, Mount Tauhara, Taupō, 31 May 2020

, Inquiry Status: Closed

A glider crashed near the summit of Mount Tauhara, Taupō, killing the two people on board – an instructor & student. Safety issues relate to pilot competency associated with ridge soaring and instructor training at…

Part views of the two ships on which the stevedores were working

Marine TAIC Report identifies major issues for future of stevedoring safety

TAIC report finds major safety issues for NZ stevedoring sector:
-- regulators should be more proactive, take a just culture approach,
-- individual stevedoring employers and the sector as a whole should…

Fig1 from report. still image from CCTV, depicting the incident. An urban low-level light industrail area. Selwyn street is in the centre of the view from foreground to distance. The level crossing is in the middle. A bus has clearly just crossed the level crossing, travelling away from the camera view. A locomotive approaches the bus, approximately twelve metres away

Rail Level crossing near-miss - TAIC calls for better risk management

TAIC recommends KiwiRail work with road controlling authorities to improve risk management for unplanned disconnections of level-crossing protections. KiwiRail disconnected the Selwyn Street level crossing. However,…

Font-end view of the tamper machine. Railway tracks are nowhere to be seen as it has run over the end of the tracks. The tamper's front wheels are out of sight, buried in the gravel ballast. Its front w

Rail RO-2023-105: Tamper machine derailment, Purewa Tunnel, Auckland, 9 October 2023

, Inquiry Status: Current

A tamper vehicle derailed on the North Island Main Trunk Line in a tunnel where rail had been removed.

Aviation AO-2023-011: Close proximity incident, Beechcraft BE76 and Cessna C172, Ardmore, Auckland, 3 October 2023

, Inquiry Status: Current

During night circuit flying, two light aircraft were on short finals when one passed approximately 20 feet overhead of the other. Both aircraft subsequently landed safely. There was no collision, and no reported damage…

The Austro Carina fishing vessel at the accident site. The vessel lies aground with its right rear quarter under water.

Marine MO-2023-206: Fishing vessel Austro Carina, grounding, Banks Peninsula, 24 September 2023

, Inquiry Status: Current

The fishing vessel Austro Carina was fishing close to shore when it ran aground. All four crewmembers were be winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.