Male motorists take more risks than women at drink-driving and speeding, an AA Insurance survey has found.

A senior Queenstown police officer is facing a code of conduct inquiry after being caught speeding in the Kawarau Gorge.

Police will use undercover tactics - including hiding behind trees with video cameras to film motorists - in a hardline campaign to cut down the road toll.

Lynette Kilmartin has been told she'll probably never walk again after being driven into by a man who had just attacked a prostitute.

A motorcyclist was spotted travelling along a busy stretch of SH1 at a speed described by one officer as unsurvivable if there was a crash.

One man is in hospital and another has been arrested after police chased two men allegedly doing a wheelie on a dirt bike.

Talkshow host Michael Laws has been taking heat from his radio colleagues for driving with an unrestrained child.

Michael Laws has complained about an officer he says misrepresented the circumstances around his receiving a ticket for having an unrestrained child in his car.

The outspoken Whanganui Mayor has been fined after being stopped for driving while there was an unrestrained child on the lap of his front passenger.