New Zealand has recorded the sharpest increase in annual road deaths of a group of 28 countries in an international study.

As he lay trapped under an SUV, a cyclist critically injured in a car accident in central Auckland was asking people to lift the vehicle off him.

A scene examination at a Napier school where a young boy was seriously injured has been completed - but police are still not revealing the cause of the incident.

Emergency services assess the scene of a Delta truck, which came off McMeeking Rd, on the Otago Peninsula, and rolled yesterday.

Harman Singh says act of cradling young boy who had been hit by car helped him cope with father's death. "If he could see me right now, I think he would be proud."

The company behind an All Blacks pre-match fireworks display that exploded into the crowd injuring three fans has pleaded guilty to seven charges.

A 45-year-old man suffered serious head injuries in a motorcycle crash at Taupo Motorsport Park.

More details have emerged about a boating tragedy on the Waikato River that left one man dead and his three mates clinging to trees after their runabout capsized yesterday.

The funeral for a 14-month-old toddler who was fatally hit by a car in Kamo last week will be held today at the Pehiaweri Marae in Whangarei.

Two weeks ago, 11 people died on the roads in one weekend. Simon Plumb looks at the impact these tragedies have had on those who remain.

Mororway traffic has ground to a halt following a crash involving two vehicles near Pokeno, south of Auckland, this afternoon.

A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a tree, just south of Hamilton, police say.

A female in her late teens was the sole occupant of a car which left the road and crashed down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.

An unlicensed driver who killed his friend after crashing an unwarranted car during a high-speed police chase has been jailed for five years.

Several cars have slid off the road after a large diesel spill in south Auckland this morning.

The driver of a car that hit a 6-year-old boy on his way to school has given an emotional apology to the boy's family.

A 19-year-old woman driving a ute which skidded off the road and rolled into a paddock has told of the panicked minutes before she was rescued.

Sydney teen Josh Taylor held a loaded revolver to his head and pulled the trigger in a game of Russian roulette.

A man killed when his car plummeted off a bridge and into a river northwest of Whangarei last week has been named by police.

The mother of a 6-year-old hit by a car as he walked to school believes he owes his life to the actions of a Sikh man who removed his turban to stem the bleeding.

A pedestrian has been killed after they were hit by a train in Auckland tonight.

A tasty winter warmer is putting more and more Kiwi children in hospital with serious scalds and burns.

A man escaped a moving wall of terror when a Subaru crashed through his garage while he was inside vacuuming his car.

An experienced power line worker was last night fighting for his life after being flung from a live transformer in Auckland.

"Anyone would have done the same." Harman Singh woke up yesterday to hundreds of messages praising his humanity.

A man is in a serious condition after a car struck a power pole in Remuera this afternoon.

"He didn't care that his head was uncovered in public. He just wanted to help this little boy that he had no relation to."

Navdeep Kaur called out to her brother to come inside for dinner - then a car smashed into the garage, right where her brother had been just moments earlier.