If you find yourself disoriented in the bush, local volunteers are ready to help.

A person is in a critical condition after being hit by a vehicle in West Auckland this afternoon.

As smoke billowed from her vehicle Susan Evans lay trapped and unconscious inside. Murray Michie didn't think twice about going in and cutting her free.

A man who initially survived a crash after being flung from his vehicle - and then fatally injured when he was struck by another car

There has been a dramatic bus crash in Hamilton this morning.

A life has been lost on a South Wairarapa road this morning.

Emergency services are at a two-car crash in Northland this morning.

A major South Island highway is closed after a truck crash.

A man is in a critical condition in Southland Hospital after a motorbike - possibly a farm bike - and a truck collided on Dunlop Rd, near Wallacetown.

A truck has crashed on SH2 south of Waihi in the Athenree Gorge area.

Two Northlanders died in car accidents over the weekend, one of them drowned after the van he was in was swept away by a rain-swollen creek.

Darius DeWet docked at Tauranga over the weekend on his 6.7m yacht, Luna.

A Chinese national has been charged after Newshub journalist Karen Rutherford was hit in a crash which also killed her daughter's horse last month.

A flock of ducklings have caused a four car crash in Christchurch's east.

Firefighters who rescued two people from a car after it crashed over a cliff, dropping 40 metres from a remote road on the Coromandel Peninsula, say the couple are lucky to be alive.

A runaway bus with passengers on board but no driver left a trail of destruction in Dunedin yesterday.

The father of two Australian boys killed in a triple fatal at Huntly on Monday has spoken out, thanking New Zealanders for their kindness and support.

Man crashed by van to be discharged from hospital soon.

Names of three holidaymakers killed in smash have been released.

State Highway 1 has reopened after a fatal crash between a car and a truck.

A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.

A VHF radio was being ferried last night to an inexperienced yachtie found alive yesterday off the East Cape after an extensive search.

A 3-year-old boy is in Starship Children's Hospital after being hit by a car in West Auckland yesterday.

A Dargaville man charged over the deaths of three people in a crash near the town has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The retired violin teacher of a Kiwi orchestral musician who survived Monday's triple fatality said she was the best pupil he ever taught.

A woman has been killed after being hit by a truck in South Waikato early this morning.

A search operation was mounted after people were feared missing in a Christchurch river from a car wreck.

Samantha Kudeweh supported a decision to retain a one-keeper system for dangerous animals at Hamilton Zoo.

An elderly man called out for help as he lay injured on the floor for 48 hours before a neighbour realised something was wrong.