The older sister of the 19-year-old woman who was killed in a rubbish truck crash in Auckland says she was dreading seeing the site.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash, near the intersection of Riccarton Rd and Clyde Rd in Christchurch this morning.

One person is dead and another injured after the rubbish truck they were in plummeted 10m down a bank.

A team of surgeons are battling to save the remaining leg of a young Kiwi almost killed in a motorbike crash in the US.

France has launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off Reunion Island.

The man who spent the night out in the open after his car came off the road in the Coromandel has his friends to thank for his rescue.

Police have named the truck driver who died in a three-vehicle crash near Levin last night.

Traffic is easing for evening commuters on Auckland's Southern Motorway after two crashes caused headaches this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash in Beachlands this afternoon.

A 70-year-old pig hunter was knocked unconscious after tumbling 10m down a waterfall in the upper Buller Gorge yesterday while in hot pursuit of his prey.

Police have named the who died after he was thrown from his motorcycle on Whanganui Beach yesterday evening.

A Warkworth man is in a critical condition after being run over by his tractor this morning.

Police are still in the ''very early'' stages of the investigation into the crash that killed 18-year-old Nakita May Strange and it is unclear when charges will be laid.

A 16-year-old girl is in a stable condition after being flown to hospital following a "heavy fall" from a horse.

A female passenger of a speeding vehicle which crashed near Taumaranui a week ago has died in hospital.

A man who drowned after being thrown from a boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki yesterday has been named by police.

A woman trapped inside a burning Auckland home yesterday morning said the four people sleeping in the house when the blaze broke out are lucky to be alive.

The 18-year-old girl who died in a crash in central Dunedin yesterday morning was Nakita May Strange.

A truck has smashed into a pole at an intersection, leaving one person injured and delaying traffic.

People mourning the loss of 14-year-old Rangimaria White, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Opotiki at the weekend, are gathering for her tangi today.

A driver involved in a Dunedin crash rushed to give CPR to a dying teenager who lay unconscious in the back seat of the other car.

Police said the 25-year-old driver of the second ute went straight in and pulled a 35-year-old woman and four-year-old boy from the vehicle.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's on north-bound lane.

A Westport woman has admitted to careless driving causing the death of 66-year-old Seddonville woman Marie Evelyn Johnston, after initially denying the charge.

A West Coast man killed in a fatal crash near Christchurch on Sunday evening was a former Pike River miner.

Police hope to formally identify two bodies found in the search for the Canadian tourists as soon as possible, so their families can be informed.

A motorist who died in a fatal crash near Ashburton on Friday night has today been named by police.

A worker has been taken to hospital after being injured in an accident at the Pike River mine site this morning.

Two people had a lucky escape when a car they were in plunged into a river today.