Reporoa's tight-knit community has been left devastated by the news an 11-year-old boy has been shot dead.

A woman died after a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Sunday afternoon, taking the weekend's road toll to five.

Two people were injured after a disqualified teen driver fled police and crashed into another car in Invercargill.

A man has been seriously injured after a car accident in the Hawke's Bay this evening.

A power pole crashed down onto a South Island highway after a car lost control and ploughed into it.

The driver attempted to run away, but was located by police.

This weekend's road toll now sits at five, after a fatal motorcycle crash. It was the third accident involving a motocycle this weekend.

One person has been killed in a car crash in Mount Roskill.

A woman's death in a freak pony-riding accident was witnessed by her 14-year-old daughter.

A motorcyclist who died in Upper Hutt on Wednesday has been named by police as 37-year-old Koro Robin Peachey of Wainuiomata.

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

Man believed to be in his 50s was seen cycling downhill before fatal smash.

Thomas Evans was following his dad across the road when he was hit by a car.

A 50-year-old truck driver crushed and lacerated by metal beams while unloading his vehicle at a Hamilton factory remains in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital this morning.

Award-winning architect pleads guilty to careless driving after he dragged cyclist 20 metres along road and left tyre marks on helmet.

A van was captured on CCTV footage speeding the wrong way along Salisbury St in Christchurch before the driver was killed in a collision with a car, police said.

One man remains in Auckland Hospital in a serious condition following a serious crash on State Highway 16, northwest Auckland on Saturday night.

A top architect who hit a cyclist, pinning him under his Porsche SUV, has admitted responsibility over the incident.

The parents of the two overseas students who died when kayaking on Lake Tekapo are still waiting for their sons' bodies to return home.

Bystanders managed to lift the ute off the woman by the time emergency services arrived but her life was unable to be saved.

Eran Modan was visiting friends in Brooklyn when he stepped into the lift. It then suddenly plunged into the basement.

If you're reading this, well done for surviving Saturday - New Zealand's most dangerous day.

Eleven people have been injured - five seriously - in a horror three-car smash in west Auckland this evening.

A pilot suffered a cut to his arm after a microlight plane had a crash at Mercer Airfield today.

Auckland motorists can expect traffic delays on the State Highway 16 this afternoon after a car crashed near the Rosebank Rd exit, Point Chevalier.

The northbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway just before the Papakura on ramp are now open following a serious crash involving multiple vehicles.

A boyracer who drove over a passenger ejected from another car after a horror 150km/h street race crash fled the scene, fearing he had "just killed someone".

A man injured in a paragliding accident was airlifted from a paddock in Waihi on Saturday.

Two people remain in serious condition following a three-vehicle crash in Taupo today.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called out to the scene because of the remoteness of the area as well as the severity of the man's injury.