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.

Southbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway were closed for about 30 minutes after the Penrose overbridge was struck by a large motorhome.

A man survived a 150m fall in the Whanganui River valley after a hunting mishap.

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.

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.

Auckland motorists can expect major delays on the Southern Motorway this morning after a crash in southeast Auckland.

Canterbury Police are investigating the crash between a bus and private motor vehicle.

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.

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.

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.