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.

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 12-year-old rugby league star who is an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter is showing signs of recovery.

The glass balcony at the Quest Hotel on Ponsonby Rd shattered and resulted in the woman falling two storeys onto a rocky garden.

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.

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.

The former Pike River safety manager who lost one son in the mine explosion tragedy says tuning in to watch a new tele-doco will be too traumatic.

The community is rallying for a 12-year-old rugby starlet who is in an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter.

Two people have been seriously injured following a multiple car crash that has also injured four others in central Auckland tonight.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington this morning.

A truck driver was quick to help rescue a woman trapped in her upside-down car.

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A 12-year-old boy riding a scooter has been critically injured after being struck by a car on the North Shore this afternoon, police say.