A man has been charged with driving while disqualified after his car crashed into a couple in Christchurch last night, killing them.

The couple killed when a fleeing motorist ploughed into their car during a police pursuit last night have been named.

Police have been cleared of any wrongdoing over the death of a 22-year-old motorcyclist after a pursuit last year, the IPCA has found.

Two innocent people were killed after a car involved in a police chase ran a red light.

Watch some real-life near-misses from Auckland's Woodward Rd crossing in Mt Albert from 2010.

A man lived for years unaware a bullet was lodged in his head until an operation last week.

A teenage boy is critical after the car he was in smashed into a tree after an aborted police chase in Auckland.

The mother of two children killed in a 2008 car crash is horrified a hand-made cross erected to remember her son's life, and a cross erected to remember the life of a friend who died in the same smash, have been vandalised.

Two boys are in hospital with serious injuries after a police chase.

Police piecing together the fatal last minutes of the sunken trawler Oyang 70 are hoping to finish interviews with the surviving crew this week.

The man killed when his car crashed into the Manawatu Gorge near Ashhurst yesterday morning has been identified.