A teenager has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after a four-year-old boy was hit by a car on a footpath in May.

Shocked education officials are surprised police won't put more effort into catching bus drivers who speed through special 40km/h zones.

Two pilots used their airside security passes to sneak onto Queenstown Airport runway in the middle of the night to race a car.

The senior policeman was let off without conviction after a judge decided it was more important he stay working.

A senior policeman who admitted driving when he was nearly one and a half times over the limit has been discharged from court without a conviction.

Queen's Birthday weekend has seen a drop in the overall number of crashes, with police trumpeting their zero tolerance approach to speeding as a factor.

The first person to be killed on the roads this holiday weekend was "a good mummy who loved her kids".

A holiday weekend crackdown on speeding may be extended across the year after a big drop in accidents, with one fatality so far.

Police plan to crack down on speeding motorists doing as little as 4km over the limit this weekend.

Boy racers could be banned from many Papakura streets if a proposed bylaw goes ahead.