A smash between two trucks left a lane blocked on Auckland's northern motorway this morning.

A mourning family is preparing for the possibility the man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed Dunedin man Riley Baker may never serve prison time.

Tauranga motorcyclist Rhys Middleton was killed by an overseas driver. Now his mother is campaigning for a change in the law allowing visitors to drive in NZ.

A woman has died following a crash on State Highway 2 at the intersection of Hebden Crescent, Lower Hutt.

A 26-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in Auckland Hospital's ICU today following a head on crash in Pokeno yesterday.

Mediaworks journalist Karen Rutherford has spoken out for the first time since she was hit by a car while horse riding.

The family of a London-based Kiwi woman who died after fracturing her skull in a cycling accident say they are struggling with the loss.

Firefighters in the wider Wellington area were kept busy today with two car accidents.

A 33-year-old mother has died while rescuing her two-year-old son who had fallen into a lake in Utah from a boat they were travelling in.

Chinese national Limin Ma has pleaded guilty over the crash which killed young Dunedin photographer Riley Baker.

The crash has closed part of a motorway off-ramp, Nielsen Street and Onehunga Mall; causing significant traffic delays.

The little boy killed in a quad bike accident at the weekend loved motorbikes and would ride circuits around the family's rural property.

Actor James Rolleston remains in a stable condition in a ward in Waikato Hospital after a horror car crash nearly a month ago.

A severed limb was spotted this week floating not far from the Olympics sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

A newborn baby has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

Young football players witnessed the accident that killed a popular and respected parent.

One of the three young girls who fell 12 metres from a faulty Ferris wheel in Tennessee has opened up about the terrifying ordeal.

An elderly woman has died following a two-car crash in Whangarei yesterday.

More than 20 passengers were injured in severe turbulence that saw them slam into overhead lockers as their plane "dropped like an out of control elevator."

Watch: A stream of people passed by an injured man struck in a busy street by a delivery truck, leaving him to die. WARNING: Graphic Content.

Scaling a fence at North Head in Devonport had painful consequences for two teens seriously injured last night.

A Waikato crash has claimed a life this morning.

A volunteer firefighter who was at the scene of the crash that left James Rolleston in intensive care has described how "half the bridge" ended up in the car.

Motorists rushed to help a cyclist sprawled in the middle of the road - but the person who bystanders say caused the collision kept on driving.

An early morning crash south of Whangarei between a truck and 4WD has closed State Highway 1.

A rescue operation is under way in Wellsford where four people are trapped in a car in flood water.

The Southern Motorway has reopened but there will be long delays for motorists after a large truck crashed across both lanes near Bombay today.

Rotorua teen Moana Matthews, 17, was an "amazing young girl" who had hoped to travel the world.

Heartbroken mother of a biker who died in a fireball crash has released a video of the final moments of her son's life as a warning to others. WARNING: Graphic content.