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A car carrier laden with vehicles careened into a building, narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic, after it drove over a large boulder which then got stuck under it.

A float carrying two horses has crashed in the Waitaki District this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to an area near Hampden-Palmerston

Truck's brakes fail causing it to roll backwards down Auckland's main street ploughing into a van.

Two crashes in as many days resulted in vehicles rolling after incidents in Queenstown over the weekend.

There's a big hole in Lance Carter's life. A hole that was previously filled by Leigh Rhodes, the love of his life.

Legendary Kiwi pilot John Funnell opens up on his 50-year career flying search and rescue helicopters in a new book.

If you find yourself disoriented in the bush, local volunteers are ready to help.

A man who initially survived a crash after being flung from his vehicle - and then fatally injured when he was struck by another car

There has been a dramatic bus crash in Hamilton this morning.

A life has been lost on a South Wairarapa road this morning.

Emergency services are at a two-car crash in Northland this morning.

A major South Island highway is closed after a truck crash.

A man is in a critical condition in Southland Hospital after a motorbike - possibly a farm bike - and a truck collided on Dunlop Rd, near Wallacetown.

A driver who survived an accident south of Te Kuiti last night was apparently killed in the aftermath of the crash.

Sandra Conchie / Calls for State Highway 2 safety works on notorious Apata S-bend after head-on smash / Notorious road: Apata

A truck has crashed on SH2 south of Waihi in the Athenree Gorge area.

A Chinese national has been charged after Newshub journalist Karen Rutherford was hit in a crash which also killed her daughter's horse last month.

A flock of ducklings have caused a four car crash in Christchurch's east.

Firefighters who rescued two people from a car after it crashed over a cliff, dropping 40 metres from a remote road on the Coromandel Peninsula, say the couple are lucky to be alive.

A runaway bus with passengers on board but no driver left a trail of destruction in Dunedin yesterday.

The father of two Australian boys killed in a triple fatal at Huntly on Monday has spoken out, thanking New Zealanders for their kindness and support.

Man crashed by van to be discharged from hospital soon.

Large-scale searches involving helicopters had to be deployed for a 20-year-old inexperienced yachtie after he went missing twice.

An early morning car crash on a Canterbury road leaves a person trapped.

Names of three holidaymakers killed in smash have been released.

State Highway 1 has reopened after a fatal crash between a car and a truck.

A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.

A VHF radio was being ferried last night to an inexperienced yachtie found alive yesterday off the East Cape after an extensive search.