A decorated policeman who played a key role in putting RSA triple-murderer William Bell behind bars was let off after pleading guilty to drink-driving.

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".