Kiwi singer Don McGlashan has three broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a punctured lung after crashing into a car door that opened in front of him as he was cycling to his Auckland home.

Police have named one of two men who died in a horrific crash near Oamaru in north Otago this morning.

The son of former Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast has passed away this morning 10 days after being seriously injured in a riding accident.

A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.

A 33-year-old man was killed and another seriously injured when their boat crashed into a rock near Blanket Bay in Doubtful Sound this morning, police believe.

A 33-year-old man has died and another man is seriously injured after a boating incident in Fiordland this morning.

A truck carrying eggs has crashed into a ditch on State Highway two at Waipukurau.

A road worker who died after he was run over by a tarseal spraying truck north-east of Hamilton on Thursday was today named by police as Graham Donald Bennie, 55, of Huntly.

A car has burst into flames after crashing in Napier, leaving one person fighting for their life.

Police are investigating a fatal crash in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood, which claimed the life of a motorcyclist.