One person is dead after a crash 20 minutes north of Matamata this afternoon.

A house bus and a car have collided on State Highway One south of Christchurch just before midday but the occupants are unscathed.

A car ploughed through the Kaimai School fence this morning after trying to avoid a parent's car leaving the school shortly before

A truck driver had a lucky escape after it ploughed through a fence and flipped over in a paddock on SH3 in New Plymouth this morning.

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

Around 200 homes and businesses are without power in Whanganui after an early morning smash.

Hundreds of mourners filled an Auckland church yesterday to farewell the 4-year-old boy who died at his daycare last week.

A car with four people inside drove off a bluff on Christchurch's Port Hills last night.

The car flew off the road, smashed through a fence and ploughed into a house in Flat Bush, killing the passenger, in a scene that is disturbingly common.

As investigations continue into daycare death the head of Early Childhood Council said no amount of regulations could completely safeguard against tragedy.

There were seven people in the car - all believed to be aged under 15 and many are said to be related to each other, either siblings or cousins.

Auckland's Malayali Indian community is mourning one of its "little angels", who died in a "tragic accident" at a daycare centre on Auckland's North Shore.

A Kiwi-born driver is killed when his car hits a tree while doing burnouts.

Drivers travelling along SH 29A in Maungatapu, Tauranga should expect delays and congestion following a crash.

A man mistook his own brother for a small animal and fatally shot him during a family hunting trip in South Carolina.

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a car just north of Te Aroha this afternoon.

The old Ngahere Hall has survived the indignity of a car crashing through the wall to end up wedged under the stage.

A dramatic high-speed chase has ended with a stolen car smashing into a power pole in West Auckland.

A man is dead after an incident in Whanganui.

Source: Daily Mail

Some of the victims of the Croydon tram disaster were decapitated, say witnesses.

The injured man has been taken to Christchurch Hospital

Source: Sky News UK. Croydon tram crash: Seven dead and 51 hurt in derailment.

The body of a woman killed while crossing the road was left lying on the road for three hours after her death.

A boy describes the dreadful moment a tree crashed down onto friends at an Auckland daycare playground.

A pregnant woman is injured in a car crash in Glen Eden this morning.

The motorcyclist killed in a crash on the Lindis Pass on Sunday was Stephen Ross Philip of Christchurch. Police named the 56-year-old

A man has been hurt in an Otara crash tonight.

Emergency services are at the scene of a two-car crash in Mt Wellington.

There has been a serious crash in Napier tonight.