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".

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.

A truck driver trapped in his cab for two hours miraculously survived after his milk tanker rolled, spilling thousands of litres of milk onto the road.

One of the two men who died on Lake Tekapo should have already been home, but he loved his time downunder so much he stayed on for another term.

Three people were flown to hospital by helicopter after a car crash in the South Island last night.

Two people were airlifted to hospital from Mt Ruapehu after suffering injuries in ski-slope accidents.

The 10-year-old boy struck in the head by an electric fence post at his Invercargill school is facing a long road to recovery.

Rescuers yesterday revealed the lucky break that meant the toll from the Lake Tekapo kayaking tragedy was not worse.

A seven-year-old boy was flown to hospital after a car crash on a Northland beach tonight.

Rescuers risked their lives to pull a driver from his wreck after he smashed into a power pole, snapping it half and causing live wires to fall over the vehicle.

The two young tourists who died after falling into Lake Tekapo yesterday have been named.

A truck driver rescued by other truckies after crashing into a fast-moving creek yesterday is recovering in hospital.

One person has died in a collision between a car and a truck in the Waimana Gorge in the Bay of Plenty.