The man killed in a motorcycle crash north-east Taupo on Wednesday evening was Te Wanehi Wakefield from Taradale.

Family and friends will gather today to say goodbye to a father and son who died together in a truck crash.

Police have released footage of a mystery man who may have valuable information into the death of an Auckland teen skateboarder.

A woman has died and another is seriously injured after a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna this morning.

Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.

The road is expected to be closed until at least 6.30pm.

A New Zealand man has died while working on the massive stadium build in Qatar for football's 2022 World Cup.

Young drivers are baiting police into initiating high speed pursuits - all to secure dramatic footage, the national police roading manager says.

The son of a Hamilton woman, who was texting and driving before she was killed in a crash, is pleading with drivers to put their mobile phones away.

Members of a shearing gang were injured this morning when the van they were in left the road and smashed into a tree.

No one is believed to have been hurt in the early morning crash.

Police appeal for a motorist who chased a hit-and-run vehicle to come forward.

A driver injured in a Christchurch crash was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.

Relatives of a cyclist killed in a crash this morning arrived at the scene.

Woman spends week in hospital after horrifying crash on NZ road captured on dashcam.

A man is dead after an accident on a farm.

Police broaden the hunt for a car that killed teenage skateboarder Jacob Pakura.

Three people are injured after a pile-up north of Wellington.

One boy suffered head injuries and second a broken leg in the incidents.

A distress signal has been activated after a girl was injured during a tramp in the Abel Tasman National Park.

Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.

The driver of a vehicle which police say crossed the centreline and smashed into a ute near Tirau has died.

There has been a serious crash in Titirangi this morning.

Staff have been evacuated from a Countdown supermarket at Warkworth north of Auckland, because of a chemical leak.

A woman's sea lion bite is infected and a rescue helicopter is flying 400km to a remote island to evacuate her.

Fatal crash blocks stretch of Southland highway this morning.

A man suffered burns to five per cent of his face after collapsing onto his lawnmower.

Patient battles through two reviews and three court cases to prove that his treatment injury happened at the time of surgery.

Mike Middleton hasn't touched his motorbike since February 7, 2016 - the day his son, Rhys, was killed.

The 2017 road toll already stands at nine.