A motorcyclist is believed to have crossed the centre line and crashed into a car near Matamata yesterday.

The driver of a car, which crashed and led to the closure of a highway just north of Whangarei early this morning, is in a critical condition.

A fisherman who fell from a cliff onto rocks near a popular fishing spot east of Auckland is now stable and recovering in a ward at Middlemore Hospital.

An elderly man killed in a multiple car crash in Dome Valley this week has been named as James Eoin Gillespie.

Two vehicles - believed to be a logging truck and fuel tanker - have collided in the Kaingaroa Forest.

Emergency services have been called to the scene after a car crashed down a bank in Henderson.

A ute may have been driven dangerously on a Northland beach before the horrific crash which claimed the lives of three Brethren church members, police say.

A person is injured after a truck hit a plane on a tarmac at Wellington Airport.

Emergency services are heading to reports of a crash at Pukehina.

First person to lose their life over holiday weekend was passionate about 1937 Ford Cabriolet convertible.

One person has died and another is in hospital after a vehicle crashed into the back of a parked truck in South Auckland this morning.

A 19-year-old whose car went head-on into a power pole in Waikato early this morning, is now in a stable condition.

Five people suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in the eastern Bay of Plenty this morning.

Sparks from the pole caused an electrical fire in the roof of the adjacent property.

A head-on crash on the Kapiti coast has led to a plea for drivers to slow down and drive to the conditions.

Five primary school-aged pupils were injured when the school bus they were on crashed north of Auckland after its handbrake failed.

Auckland traffic is being held up by two separate crashes on motorways this morning.

A truck has crashed into the living room of a home in Henderson, in West Auckland.

Two Indian climbers are missing after summitting Everest, a day after an Australian and Dutch climber perished on the mountain.

A teen has suffered suspected head injuries in a rugby game today.

One person is in a serious condition after their car left the road and landed in a paddock near Whangarei.

A Twizel woman who lost control of a vehicle leading to the death of her husband and injuries to her daughter has been discharged without conviction.

Two people have been taken to hospital this evening following a two-car crash on Dilworth St, Christchurch.

Traffic has resumed to normal after two crashes that took place within five minutes of each other on either side of the State Highway 1 near Rolleston.

The man who died after a motorcycle crash in Taranaki has been identified.

Auckland wood-worker William Longbottom's surgically shifted toe is doing a pretty good job as a thumb.

More than 12,000 Kiwis were injured on our roads last year and the number of those left maimed rose as well.