A 68-year-old man died after suffering a "medical event" while he was cycling on a Coromandel road yesterday.

A Whangarei woman has died after police say she was trapped in a creek by a mower rolling on top of her.

A man with serious head injuries walked "for a long time" to get help after a quad bike crash on a farm in the Coromandel.

A person has died after the car they were driving collided with a truck transporting a house today - a day after a coroner's recommendations on a similar incident were released.

Five tourists have been injured and taken to hospital following a crash on State Highway 8 near Omarama this morning.

A male cyclist suffered serious injuries while on an afternoon bike ride when he collided with a vehicle turning into a driveway north of Auckland.

A Christchurch motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a car while riding with a group of eight yesterday.

A woman believed to be in her 50's is in critical condition after driving her motorcycle off a cliff.

The incident happened during a motorbike event near Taupo.

At least one person is seriously injured after a car and motorcycle collided near Ahipara in Northland.

Pierce Harris was working underneath his car when it was struck by another vehicle. Next thing he knew, he was unable to feel his legs.

Derek Douglas was on the state highway 39 in Pirongia, when he was run over by two milk tank trucks at about 1am.

Victim's pelvis was broken in four places after collision in one of the "shared spaces" Len Brown has championed.

Police said the men were in a Toyota Hilux on Saturday, at Whakamahi Beach when fumes from a leaking gas cylinder exploded.

The driver of a car and two male passengers were taken to hospital after a crash early this morning.

A Kiwi who lost one leg in a nightmare motorcycle crash in America is in a fight to save his remaining leg nearly three months after the accident.

Injured schoolboy Kade Phillips has suffered a setback in hospital and will need further surgery.

Police are hoping to identify witnesses after a fatal crash in Pakuranga that killed a college student last week.

The name of a woman who died in a weekend crash in Rotorua has been named by police.

Former long-serving North Otago rugby player Regan Laughton sought a final remand without plea when he appeared in the Timaru District Court following a fatal crash in May.

A new awareness initiative aimed at helping reduce the number of children killed or injured in driveways has been launched.

Family and friends of a young man who died suddenly at a Waiheke timber yard will gather at the island's main sports club this afternoon for his tangi.

Two companies and one of their employees have been charged in relation to the death of a female motorcyclist who was reversed over by a truck at road works.

Police have released the name of a man killed in a crash in Southland over the weekend.

A Wellington family rushed a wheelchair-bound boy to meet a rescue helicopter after he fell down a bank near Ohakune.

The toddler fell as the slow-moving train went over one of the steepest areas of the 3km track, dubbed the Upper Spiral.

The incident happened in the remote Kaimanawa Forest Park.

Mark Somervell flew into Auckland today after being cleared to leave the United States, where he almost died in a motorbike accident.

A ute and trailer flipped on an Auckland motorway, causing a lane closure.