A man in his 60s has died in a crash on the Northern Motorway, north of Auckland.

Police have named two Pakistani men who died in a truck crash on the Crown Range Road, Queenstown, yesterday.

A 23-year-old woman accused of faking cancer after raising $15,000 on donation website Givealittle has been hospitalised following a home attack.

Police are investigating whether another vehicle was involved in the crash which flipped a rubbish truck, killing its driver.

A deadly truck crash on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway caused havoc for commuters during yesterday evening's rush hour, halting traffic in both directions.

It was 5.30 in the morning when this truck crashed over a bank and became entangled in vegetation. Rescue workers are surprised the driver is still alive.

A man died in front of his young grandson on a busy service station forecourt despite frantic efforts of station staff to save him.

The woman spoken to by police after a 20-year-old man was critically injured by a car in Tokoroa, has been charged with assault with a weapon.

The body of a missing man whose dinghy was found in an Invercargill river has been recovered.

The mother of a 2-year-old says it is a miracle her son was not more badly injured after the boom from loud fireworks shattered her bedroom window and rained glass down on him.

Two men miraculously survived a helicopter crash north of Auckland yesterday - the second time one of the pilots has crashed in 19 months.

A 6-year-old boy died during a horror day on North Island roads yesterday.

A motorcycle rider has died following a collision with a car near Cambridge this afternoon.

A man has been critically injured after being struck by a car in Tokoroa today.

Two people have been injured following a helicopter crash in Rodney, north of Auckland.

The three tourists from Hong Kong were killed when their rental van and a truck and trailer unit collided in Central Otago.

A teenage girl swam ashore and ran 2km across a remote and rugged shoreline to call for help after the boat she was on capsized on the North Island's East Coast this morning.

Five tourists were injured when their Toyota Land Cruiser rolled down a bank in Otago yesterday.

One person has died after a crash involving four vehicles just outside Christchurch tonight.

A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.