A skydiver has been flown to hospital after a heavy landing in Parakai.

Police, fire and ambulance are at the scene of a three-car crash near Hamilton Gardens.

A person who was critically injured in a crash on State Highway 3 three weeks ago has died in hospital today.

A "dangerous" manoeuvre led to two Queenstown skydivers being seriously injured on Saturday was probably unintentional, an industry safety expert says.

ACC spokeswoman Stephanie Melville said the organisation was committed to good health and safety practices.

Single vehicle crash on Donald Road, resulted in one dead and another injured.

Tevita Lokotui, who plays the tuba in the school's brass band, is recovering after having his leg amputated at the knee as a result of the Christmas Eve bus crash.

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.

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.

Police have named the man killed in Wednesday's crash.

No one was seriously hurt in the crash.

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.

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.

Two people have been freed from the wreckage of a truck and car collision near Blenheim.

A safety report has revealed what Kiwis fear the most.

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.