A truck has rolled, blocking one lane of State Highway 7 - the temporary main road between Picton and Christchurch.

When authorities pulled up to a Ford parked outside a casino, they were drawn into the sort of tragic scene that has been playing out across the US.

Two people have been helicoptered to Auckland Hospital following a two-vehicle crash near Warkworth, north of Auckland, this afternoon.

The woman was flown by rescue helicopter to Wellington Hospital after she was struck by the vehicle.

The theme park reopens today but will it be able to shake off the tragedy that killed four people?

A young man killed in a car accident in the early hours of Thursday had been celebrating his 19th birthday just hours before.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

Members of the New Zealand public are giving generously to the families of the men who tragically died in a boating accident in Kaipara

Traffic is quickly banking up after a five-car pile up on Auckland's northern motorway.

One person is trapped after a "truck versus truck" accident in Auckland west of Manurewa.

A tractor has flipped in a crash with a truck on the outskirts of Gisborne this morning.

A Dutch rock climber was injured after falling 14m at a popular climbing spot in the South Island this afternoon.

The recovery yesterday of the last of the men lost when a fishing boat capsized on the Kaipara Bar gave some relief to mourners at a memorial service.

A car parked in the driveway was all that saved Sylvia Lawrence when a car smashed through a fence and into the bedroom wall, her daughter says.

A car crash and a bus breakdown has led to traffic crawling through Auckland's central motorway at lunchtime.

A person is in a serious condition after a car crashed into a pole in Cambridge this morning.

A person has died after a car smashed into a home in Tauranga.

An 8-year-old boy was accidentally stabbed in a fall near Ohakuhe this afternoon. The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was called

The family of Brazilian soccer player Neto, one of only six survivors of a plane crash in Colombia, say he had had a dream his airline crashed.

Police have laid charges against the driver whose car plunged off the fifth floor of a central Auckland carpark.

Commuters are facing an arduous Friday night drive home after a crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge this afternoon.

Emergency services are on the way to a car crash in Waione, where at least one person may still be trapped in the vehicle.

The search for the fisherman still missing after the Francie disaster has been called off.

A major crash has blocked a major route across the Wellington region this morning.

An empty school bus and truck have collided north of Wellsford this morning.

A Kiwi nun who dedicated her life to missionary work and teaching has died in a car accident in France.

An Australian comedian has been forced to apologise after he tweeted an off-colour joke about a plane crash that killed 71 people

Astonishing footage has emerged of a van driver grappling with a trucker, reversing his van into him and then smashing his victim's window with a shovel.

Wellington commuters face a long trip into town after two crashes.

A driver has been airlifted to hospital after a serious truck crash on the East Coast this morning.