Drivers appear to be taking more care on the roads over the Christmas period, with police noting a reduction in road crashes this year.

A multi-vehicle pile up in Hawkes Bay has put 10 people in hospital, three with critical injuries, say police. Two tourists, one German and one Italian, are among those injured.

A 20-year-old man remains in a serious condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit after a crash in the Waikato last night.

The official holiday road death toll has risen to three after a 17-year-old was killed in a Hawkes Bay crash.

Police are setting a new trap for speeding drivers who slam on their brakes at the last minute for roadside speed cameras. The point-to-point cameras record the time a car takes to travel between two points.

Kiwi's lax attitude to getting our travel jabs may be killing us.

The family of a father-of-two hit by a car yesterday are grieving for 'a wonderful family man'.

Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in Manukau early today, which took the holiday road toll to two.

A 2-year-old boy has been flown to hospital with head injuries after plunging two metres from a bridge near a remote cafe in Golden Bay.

The wife of a Tahunanui man was present as he crashed after strong gusts lifted him off the ground this afternoon.

The bodies of five seaman and the 20 survivors from the sinking of a Korean fishing boat in the Southern Ocean arrived in Bluff last night.

Payouts will be made to the contracting companies that employed the men who died in the massive explosions at the Pike River coal mine, receivers announced today.

The family of Ben Rockhouse, who died in the Pike mine, have praised the 'selflessness and generosity' of the people of NZ.

A senior policewoman was seriously hurt in a head-on smash yesterday.

One of NZ's most experienced road policing officers has resigned, saying the job is taking too great a toll on his health.