Rubbish truck crashes into Wellington home.

The 17-year-old granddaughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison was killed in a car crash in Auckland - she is being remembered as a "shining light".

The person who died in a crash on State Highway 1 just out of Blenheim on Sunday was local teenager Lara Jayne Glover, police have confirmed.

Police have named the person who died in a fatal crash on State Highway 52 on Saturday as David Jefferey Thomas The 46-year-old

The family of a man who died in a car crash near New Plymouth saw the tragic accident happen right before their eyes. Abu Bakar Ramli

Police have named the man who died in a car crash on State Highway 3 north of New Plymouth yesterday.

A section of Auckland's southern motorway is closed after two trucks crashed near the Bombay Hills.

Two people are in a serious condition after a four-car pile-up which has closed State Highway 1 north of Auckland.

One person died while another was airlifted to hospital after a two-car crash on State Highway 3, Awakino.

Police have named the man who died following a crash in Kaukapakapa, on Wednesday 15 February.

Firefighters have cut people out of two vehicles, after a fatal crash at Clevedon, southeast of Auckland.

One person is in a critical condition after a road accident southwest of Te Kuiti.

One person is dead and another sustained life threatening injuries in a car crash near Dannevirke shortly after midnight.

Two people are in hospital after being injured in a car accident in West Auckland early this morning.

A pregnant woman is believed to be among four people rushed to hospital after a crash in rural South Auckland today.

A person is trapped after two cars crashed in New Plymouth.

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Drivers warned to take care after Wellington crash.

Two crashes on Auckland's motorways which caused chaos for motorists during the lunchtime rush have been cleared, but drivers should still expect delays.

Police are investigating whether the bus was speeding at the time, according to local media.

Judy Richards, whose son Rhys Middleton was killed by a tourist driver last year, is leading calls for testing foreign motorists.

A Canadian cruise ship passenger and "self-made man'' was in Dunedin for the day when he was knocked from his bicycle in front of his shocked wife and began a battle for his life.

The woman killed in a head-on crash near Queenstown yesterday was a 49-year-old Australian, police say.

Police, ambulance and a rescue helicopter are at the scene of the crash on the Milford side of the Homer Tunnel.

Police were alerted to the crash, on the corner of Childers Rd and Lowe St, at about 12.40pm.

A single-car crash on a rural Waikato road has turned out to be less serious than emergency services first thought. Police and the

A child has been seriously injured after being struck by a car in the Auckland suburb of Panmure

A person has been seriously injured after the car they were in spun out in Russell in the Bay of Islands.

Four years ago Abby Benge was as good as dead after a drunk driver ploughed into the car she was driving. Now she's one step closer to her dream.

A woman dramatically escaped out the window as her car sunk into the ocean in the Bay of Islands.