A section of State Highway 12 near the Northland settlement of Ruawai is closed this morning after truck struck and killed a cow about 9am.

One person has been taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a fire engine this morning.

Waikato police have released the name of a motorcyclist killed on State Highway 1 south of Hamilton on Monday.

Business NZ has called for an end to political manipulation of ACC levy settings by successive Governments.

A British woman has been killed after she smashed into an ancient Roman bridge whilst bungee jumping in Spain as her aunt watched on.

A crash involving three vehicles and a horse has left the animal dead and a car trapped under live electrical wires in Horowhenua last night.

A driver of a car is seriously injured after a late night pursuit ended rapidly when a speeding car collided with a truck.

Two people were taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Swanson Road in West Auckland early this morning.

An investigation is under way after an ambulance taking a critically ill man to hospital crashed into a power pole. Shortly afterwards, the man died at the scene.

A St John paramedic involved in an ambulance crash in Northland this morning is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Police today said the 17-year-old youth would appear in Westport District Court on Thursday.

The motorcyclist found dead after a crash in Hamilton on Saturday morning was 29-year-old Raglan man Nathan William Nolan.

One person has been rescued from a car that went into a swamp in Avondale this morning.

A man is seriously injured following a crash between a cyclist and a truck in Wellington early this morning.

One person is in serious condition and two others injured following a crash in south Auckland early this morning.

The New Zealand man critically injured in a scooter crash in Thailand has been moved to a ward as he continues his recovery from a coma.

Three people lost their lives on New Zealand's roads this weekend.

Police say the motorcyclist died after a crash in Rotokauri, Hamilton.

The former All Black flung himself across the car seat to save his baby's life, French officials investigating the crash believe.

A roofer who plummeted head-first two storeys on to concrete says it has not put him off the job.

NZTA said motorists should expect delays heading to Auckland City.

Things are looking up for a New Zealand man recovering from severe injuries from a scooter crash in a Thailand hospital.

A 25-year-old driver smashed into a fence, taking out a tree along the way, and was wedged against the fence with timber pinning his head down.

A cow was killed when it wandered on to a South Auckland road today and was struck by a car.

Australian rock icon Nick Cave's son Arthur sent this photo to a friend just hours before he died after falling from a cliff in East Sussex, England.

Viraj Goonasekera has been sentenced him to 200 hours of community work and disqualified him from driving for six months for an April hit-and-run incident.

Man who went to the rescue of a driver described hearing the “big f***ing bang” that woke him, and how nobody realised the man was impaled for up to 30 minutes.

An eyewitness understood the man was impaled in the abdomen and it appeared a piece of fence had gone through the car.