Motorists are being warned to expect delays following a crash in Porirua.

Tearful family members shared messages of forgiveness as Cannon stood in the dock.

A person has died after a truck and car collided in Southland.

A car has crashed into the side of a house in Penrose.

Simon Greenwood has been charged over the motorbike crash which claimed her life.

A Subaru crashed through two fences and into a house in Auckland's Penrose.

An Auckland couple are reeling after a car crashed into the living room of their Penrose home in Auckland.

Ani Nohinohi is thought to be unaware about the deaths of her daughters and partner.

Two people were suffering from serious injuries following the collision.

When lives are at stake measures to improve road safety should be implemented swiftly

An 18-year-old youth has appeared in court over crash that killed schoolboy.

A seventh person has died overnight after the horror crash in Waverley.

Six people have died in the South Taranaki crash, making it NZ's worst since 2005.

It comes as afternoon peak traffic begins to set in.

There are significant delays around the Harbour Bridge after a crash about 11.30am.

Witnesses tried to give the person CPR at the scene but were unable to revive them.

Police say three other people have sustained moderate to serious injuries.

It is unclear how the crash happened, a police spokeswoman said.

Four people have been injured in a two-car crash near Warkworth this afternoon.

A crash on Great South Rd appears to have been a high speed head on collision.

Police intend to talk today to several people involved in the late-night beach incident.

A passing ambulance was the first to offer help.

Three-car pile-up closes South Island highway as police warn of ice danger on roads.

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash this morning north of Karapiro.

Wanaka police are in the process of contacting the family of woman who died in crash.

Awhina Aphen Bush-Te Hau, 31, of Christchurch died in the two-vehicle crash on Tunnel Rd.

Jaimey Fellows was flung from barrel-rolling car in 200km/h crash that claimed her life.

Emergency services responded to a serious crash on SH1, north of Auckland, this afternoon.

The two-car crash happened on SH1 between Paraparaumu and Otaki.

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