NZ Post allowed a Manawatu mailman to keep driving for them, despite knowing about a string of drink-driving convictions.

Almost three-quarters of drink driving deaths are caused by recidivist drink-drivers.

An elderly man is being taken to hospital in a critical condition after being found on a street in Onehunga.

The vision of her mother dying in hospital after being knocked off her bike by a motorist asleep at the wheel is imprinted on Sarah Carr's mind.

A West Coast driver who fell asleep and killed a cyclist faces a much longer self-imposed sentence than the community detention handed down, says her lawyer.

A grieving husband has described his "deep-seated hatred" towards an alleged drunk-driver whose car struck and killed a Kapiti grandmother last weekend.

I won't be signing up to this. Get behind something that will do some good.

The family of a woman killed when a suspected drink-driver drove into her picnic say they are devastated by the death of a loving, hard-working woman who "tried to get the most out of life".

Victims of drink-driving have flooded the Herald with tales of broken families and lasting mental trauma. Read their stories.

Police are searching for a hitchhiker who may be an important witness to a drink-driving crash which killed Shelagh Cotter, 69, on Saturday.