A distraught mother saw her daughter crushed to death under a falling war memorial.

An American tourist who died on a bike ride in Tauranga has been named.

Multiple patients have been taken to Dunedin Hospital with moderate to severe injuries

A car has hit a wall outside a school on State Highway 11 north of Kawakawa. A police spokeswoman said they were called to the scene

A school boy picked to become a prefect at one of Auckland's top grammar schools has died in a car accident.

The head of an Auckland daycare where a child died is speaking out for the first time.

A 40-year-old pregnant woman critically injured in a car crash on Friday is now in a serious condition in hospital.

A motorcyclist has died in a crash with a car on State Highway 25, south of Tairua, this afternoon.

Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash in rural Hawke's Bay tonight.

One in five Kiwis send texts while driving, according to a new survey tracking risky driving behaviours.

A motorist has been flown to hospital after a vehicle rolled at Muriwai this morning.

Panicked driver called emergency services, desperately seeking help, as his car hurtled along a motorway for eight minutes before the call ended abruptly.

A worker has been seriously hurt in an accident at a Queenstown tortilla company.

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

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.

One person is dead after a car collided with a house on Redoubt Rd in Flat Bush.

The 11-year-old who died in a crash at Ngaruawahia on Friday was aspiring musician Nikau Tamati.

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.