Emergency services are at the scene of an explosion in South Auckland this afternoon.

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.

Sonny Rawhiti Kemp, 66, was on his way to hospital when the ambulance smashed into a power pole.

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.

More than 300 people were injured when two passenger trains crashed in South Africa yesterday.

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.