The children, aged 1and 2, were badly hurt in the crash, which also killed a man.

A journey on a spectacular South Island pass turned into a nightmare for a tour party.

The crash happened on Huxley St in Sydenham.

A military transport plane crashed in Mississippi's Delta region, causing an intense fire.

The crash blocked two lanes of Auckland's motorway and backed up traffic to Mt Wellington.

A man has been hit on an Auckland motorway after getting out of his broken-down car.

Major crash that shuts a Wellington highway cleared as rush hour builds.

Numerous cars rolling and sliding on icy roads have kept Southern police busy tonight.

Woman left with serious facial injuries after explosion when she lit cigarette in her car.

A truck has landed on its side after a four-vehicle crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

Police warn motorists of icy roads across Otago this morning.

The road has surface flooding after heavy storms hit Auckland this evening.

Police stopped a dobbed-in driver but he took off and crashed, killing two.

A woman had to be cut from her car in Kumeu this afternoon after it collided with a truck.

Stephen John Hayden and Nigel Stuart Freeman were killed in the two-car collision.

Unconsented gas work may have caused the explosion.

Emergency services are at a serious truck crash east of Maungatapere in Northland.

Crash leaves a lane blocked on northwestern motorway.

Sione Palei "Bah'' Tuiano, 24, died in a crash in the Hutt Valley yesterday.

A truck has become stuck under a rail overbridge on SH1 near Marton.

The vehicle crashed around 9.30pm on Puhinui Rd in Papatoetoe.

Two people have died in two separate crashes in the Far North and Hutt Valley.

Seven Kiwis have died in workplace deaths in the past three weeks.

The driver and passengers were fine but the cow was not so lucky.

A central Dunedin street has been closed after several ice-related crashes.

Police seek sightings of SUV and ute in connection with Rick Hayward's disappearance.

One person is dead and at least 10 people injured after a bus and 4WD crashed.

Woman trying to drive on a public walking track ended up in a ditch.

Mum of killed teen: "One second of distraction is all it took."

Dunedin man Murray Barrington, 73, was a member of the Otago Aero Club.