A man was rushed to hospital in serious condition this afternoon after a truck and car collided in Auckland.

Ten fire trucks are at the scene of a crash north of Wellington this evening after a car hit a gas main.

An Auckland couple who survived a serious crash in Canterbury are distraught over the death of their 4-year-old daughter.

The two women who died in a fatal road smash south of Auckland on Saturday morning have been named.

The 20-year-old student who was killed when his car and a truck collided on State Highway 2 in Kerepehi on Friday morning has been named.

Crowds of out-of-control partygoers were stunned into silence when an 18-year-old's car plunged over the edge of a bank in Oropi as he fled police on Friday night.

A toddler who was badly burned by a pot of hot coffee last year has been reunited with the paramedics who attended to him.

A child is dead and and five others are seriously injured - two critically - following a crash between two vehicles in Canterbury today.

Government safety officials are investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy who died in a quad bike accident on a farm near Kaikohe.

A road-safety advocate says the Government is not doing enough to prevent tourist crashes.

The boat of two fishermen missing from Port Waikato since Monday may never be recovered, police say.

John Beckenridge took his 11-year-old stepson camping for a week before he appears to have taken their lives by driving at high speed off a Southland cliff.

Two men killed on Bay of Plenty roads this week have been named by police.

Two men critically injured in a forestry accident had been hauling a big log up a deep gully before it suddenly turned on them, striking one man in the head.

John Beckenridge’s vehicle appears to have been driven at “high speed” off a Southland cliff, which could indicate a grim outcome for the missing pair.

The 14-year-old teenage boy who died following a quad bike accident has been named by police.

Police said the crash happened south of the Redoubt Road off-ramp about 6am.

Two men were seriously injured in a logging accident in a forest in the Coromandel this afternoon.

Tauranga Police, Fire and Ambulance services are at the scene of a single fatality crash involving a car and a motorcycle.

Authorities are investigating the possibility that John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old stepson Michael Zhao-Beckenridge have left the country, police say.

The air search today for the two missing fisherman was unsuccessful, police say.

Motorists have found themselves in a sticky situation in Papakura after 100 litres of PVA glue spilled from a truck.

A fisherman missing with a friend after crossing the Port Waikato Bar usually stayed clear of the notoriously dangerous stretch of water.

The family of a toddler who almost drowned after falling into an effluent trap have thanked the public for all their "love and support".

A paraglider stranded on a steep mountainside as night closed in was saved by rescuers using night vision gear after he was forced to make an unplanned landing.

The girl who almost choked to death in a horror karting incident remains in Starship hospital.

Fan injuries after firework explosives at the All Blacks test leads to court hearing.

The parents of a young woman killed in the 2012 Carterton hot-air balloon crash say they waited six days to see her body.