"I'm a stubborn old bastard. Most old folk would give up. But I made a vow to a lady who passed away." Fin has won a long-running battle over compensation.

A man who died after his car crashed off a bridge and plunged down to a car park below has been named by police.

A shipwreck in which hundreds of people are feared dead may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

A student spent five months chasing compensation after a driving collision involving the boss of AA Smartfuel.

The man, in his mid-20s, who had two passengers in his car, led police on a 45-minute, high-speed chase that spanned more than 20km across Auckland.

Police are currently at the scene of a three-car smash in Ohinewai, Waikato.

An elderly woman was metres from her home when she was struck by a car last night.

A man who allegedly hit a woman in the rental car he was driving, then fled the scene, has been named.

The man killed in a head-on collision on a Coromandel highway yesterday has been named by police.

It felt like half of Michele Foster-Chambers' body was crushed when she was hit by a car on an Auckland street.

The number of people killed on NZ roads so far this year is 20 per cent higher than at the same time last year, with a "spike" in the number of passengers killed.

A man killed when he was trapped under a heavy vehicle at a Bay of Plenty quarry today was a 24-year-old from Tauranga, police say.

An 8-year-old girl was hit by a car on State Highway 1 today after the car she was in pulled over so the occupants could take photos north of Kaikoura.

One person is dead and another critically injured and trapped inside a car following a head-on collision in the Coromandel this morning.

The crash took place on the Northern Motorway at Dairy Flat around 4.30am.

The two truck collision took place on State Highway 1 near the intersection of Jordan Valley Rd, Hikurangi, around 6.45am.

The Chinese tourist responsible for the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris has been told to prepare himself for jail.

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.

Traffic was at a standstill this evening on Auckland's northwestern motorway following a four-car crash.

An elderly man has been seriously injured after his mobility scooter and a truck collided in Mosgiel 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.