Double-amputee hit with fine for parking his specialist van across two car spaces because he needed room to exit the vehicle in his wheelchair.

Sections of the Auckland motorway network were brought to a standstill last night after a series of crashes.

A rescue helicopter airlifted the 17-year-old woman to Tauranga hospital after the crash.

A Waikato road blocked when a stock truck crashed near Pukeatua has re-opened.

One person has died and another been injured in a two-truck crash, which unleashed a swarm of bees, hindering emergency services attending the incident.

The bodies of all three remaining victims of the helicopter crash have now been airlifted from glacier.

Attempts to recover the remaining three bodies of people killed in the Fox Glacier helicopter crash have resumed this morning.

Recovery crews at Fox Glacier are frustrated by bad weather continuing to put a hold on efforts to retrieve the remaining victims.

It could be 18 months before the investigation into what caused Saturday's Fox Glacier helicopter crash is concluded.

The car had crossed the centre line, smashing through the sign and rolling into the harbour.

A stolen car crammed full with seven young people flipped in a driveway after a high-speed police chase.

A Waikato motorist has had a miraculous escape after a collision with a truck that saw it mount the front of her car.

Nine-year-old Aryan Banerjee was strangled when his clothing caught on a window latch handle as he tried to climb out of a toilet.

A dangerous bend near Pukekohe which claimed four peoples lives six years ago has had its speed limit raised.

A New Zealand woman was flown to hospital with serious head injuries after a boating accident in an Australian tourist hotspot.

Aviation security is likely to be tightened following a review that's been given impetus by the apparent bombing of a Russian plane in Egypt.

A person is in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Pt Chevalier, Auckland, tonight.

A child who crashed a stolen car down a bank in Waikato while speeding away from police should pay up, the vehicle's owner says.

Police have found the blue car believed to have been involved in a fatal crash that left three gang members dead on Saturday.

Police investigating the deaths of three Mongrel Mob members in a crash near Wairoa have today re-interviewed the only survivor.

A 6-year-old boy is recovering in hospital with facial injuries after being bitten in the face by a dog.

A 73-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was thrown from a horse-drawn cart and kicked in the stomach today.

The man was flown to Waikato Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Traffic is blocked and a power line is believed to have been damaged after a truck crash in South Auckland.

A car that plunged 150m off a bank into Hawkes Bay's Mohaka River was carrying four Mongrel Mob members on their way to the gang's 50th anniversary party.

A crash involving up to six cars has slowed traffic on the Southern Motorway in Auckland today.

Two people on board suffered cuts and bruises after boat slams into Waiheke Island coastline.

Police have identified the woman who died in a motorcycle crash on the West Coast on Sunday.

One person is still trapped in a vehicle after a head-on collision on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei about 2pm.

Police investigating the death of a man who drove off a Coromandel bridge last week say they have "more questions than answers".