The pedestrian who was hit by a truck on Fanshaw St in Auckland tonight has died.

A learner driver who killed two Mosgiel siblings - including his then girlfriend - has robbed a mother of seeing what her children would become, he was told this morning.

The country’s top road cop is lamenting the deaths of five people over the Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend, including a 5-year-old boy who died in hospital yesterday.

There were feral scenes outside a Dunedin courthouse as associates of a learner driver jailed on two counts of manslaughter took their anger out on the media.

A Kiwi mother managed to shield her 8-month-old baby from injury as they tumbled 10m down a ravine in Spain.

The Queen's Birthday holiday road toll stands at a minimum of three this evening, with potentially a further fatality, following a number of crashes over the weekend.

On the final day of the long weekend, motorists are being urged to prepare for their journeys home.

The woman who died after trying to do a U-turn on a Bay of Plenty road yesterday has been named.

Brent Gallagher thought he was a goner as he lay on the ground with serious injuries and a raging bull called Pistol Whip bearing down on him.

A bus passenger and a driver of a car were injured in a serious crash in East Auckland on Saturday afternoon.

A woman died after trying to do a U-turn when a logging truck struck her vehicle outside of Te Puke this morning, police say.

"I don't feel like he's gone forever because he's just gone for a trip and he's going to be back" says wife of man who died during duck hunting trip.

Daejon Pahia was walking to school with his 8-year-old sister when a 4X4 hit him as he crossed Manuroa Rd near Takanini School on May 15.

The 9-year-old boy injured in a mysterious incident at Taradale Primary School was reportedly trying to escape from a toilet.

A 63-year-old man is in Waikato Hospital with serious head injuries after falling down a bank in Taupo last night.

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.

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.

A bend in a busy Auckland road with a history of crashes has claimed its fifth victim in just two days.

Two people were killed on the roads in separate incidents during the weekend.

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.