The driver of a taxi which struck and seriously injured a pedestrian after an All Blacks test, has been convicted, disqualified from driving and given a financial penalty.

One person has been airlifted to hospital in a serious condition following a two-truck crash in South Auckland.

A man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in central Auckland on Friday night lost control of his motorbike.

Emergency services workers helped a man from his car as it hung precariously from the back of his hillside garage in Normanby, Dunedin, yesterday.

A car bursts into flames near the Birkenhead off-ramp of the Auckland Harbour Bridge yesterday moments after the driver jumped out.

No charges will be laid after a mystery chemical at a south Auckland shopping mall put three paramedics in hospital yesterday.

The condition of the 9-year-old schoolboy injured as a result of jumping out of a window has improved from critical to serious.

We think of death on the roads as something that happens to other people. But when that other person is someone we feel we know, it rams home the reality, writes Paul Thomas.

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council has reminded hunters about firearm safety after two hunting tragedies last month.

A Manawatu man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcyclist in a hit and run incident over the weekend.

The tourist responsible for the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris has been jailed.

A close friend of Alana Madill has paid tribute to a woman she says was an "exceptionally vibrant person".

An Auckland man has escaped any penalty after accidentally killing his 2-year-old son in a driveway, and his lawyer says the prosecution seemed "pointless".

Police are investigating a spectacular crash overnight in Christchurch where a nd flipped onto its roof.

A teenager was critically injured and had to be cut from his car after a crash left it wrapped around a tree.

Nearly $14,000 has been raised for the daughter of former All Black Jerry Collins.

About 1500 people rallied in Narbonne late last night to pay tribute to former All Black Jerry Collins and his Canadian partner Alana.

Crushed beneath the front of a four-wheel-drive, Peter Redmond thought he would never see his fiancee again or meet their unborn child.

The woman who died alongside All Black great Jerry Collins in a horror crash that left their baby daughter fighting for her life never planned to be a mum.

Richie McCaw has paid tribute to his former loose forward partner Jerry Collins, saying he was a loyal and intelligent team-mate with an awe-inspiring physical presence.

A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.

A Mainfreight truck has been left on the edge of a 15-metre cliff following an accident.

The health of Jerry Collins' baby daughter is improving as she fights for her life in hospital following the French car crash that killed her mother and father.

In a game full of hard men, Jerry Collins, the kid from Porirua, stood out head and shoulders - and 58cm biceps - above them all.

The passenger of a car that crashed in Feilding yesterday has died in hospital.

Children among four people hurt after truck rolls in the Bay of Plenty, with one of the four critically injured.

A car that struck a power pole cut electricity to 600 homes in Auckland this morning.

The camera of an American woman mauled to death by a lion in South Africa has been taken by police investigating what prompted the big cat to pounce.

Two pedestrians have died and one is in hospital in a serious condition after being hit by vehicles in separate incidents in the past two days.

A person has been taken to hospital after being hit by a bus in central Auckland tonight.