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

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a motorcycle crash in Waikato this afternoon.

Crashing into a cow resulted in serious injuries for an Auckland man.

A woman was injured after the car she was driving hit a parked car and then "burst into the lounge'' of a Dunedin house today.

A cyclist sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a campervan in Dunedin today. A St John spokesman said an ambulance

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after fleeing police and driving dangerously in a stolen vehicle through Waikato.

Two people were seriously injured in the single car crash about 8am north of Warkworth.

A large amount of offal spilled onto State Highway 2 west of Wairoa.

Road will be closed for around three hours while the spill is cleared, say police.

Seriously injured woman and child recovering in hospital after car crash.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on Auckland's northern motorway this afternoon.

An eight-year-old is in hospital after being hit by a car on a Mt Eden street in Auckland.

Northbound traffic is crawling on Auckland's Southern Motorway due to a crash.

The woman killed in a head-on collision on a rural Auckland road was found by her best friend, who sat with her for hours until her body could be removed.

A serious truck crash caused major problems for commuters heading into Wellington CBD this morning.

AJ Hackett Bungy staff have won praise from police and their boss for their response to a serious road crash outside the company's Queenstown operation.

A child has been trapped in a van after it rolled into a ditch along a rural Eastern Bay of Plenty Road this afternoon.

Two people riding a motorcycle were injured in a crash this afternoon in southern Waikato.

A 33-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after a car rolled off the road near Nelson.

The woman killed in a two car crash in Hawke's Bay yesterday was 25-year-old Jennifer Eriha, police have confirmed.

A man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after crashing his car into a tree in Palmerston North this morning.

A person has died in a car crash in Hawke's Bay tonight.

A group of Kiwis badly hurt in a Sri Lankan road crash have scrapped their wedding trip and are heading back to New Zealand for "proper" medical treatment.

The man responsible for the deaths of two Mosgiel siblings is a changed man, according to the Parole Board.

The innocent driver involved in a crash which saw a teenager die has described the haunting moments he realised she was dead.

A wheelchair-bound man managed to escape a high-speed Hamilton crash after his foot got stuck on the accelerator.

Road remains closed after Karapiro crash that killed two.

He's known as Lucky Phil but when he was jumping from a truck travelling 125km/h he didn't feel too lucky - he thought he was going to die.

A woman in her 30s suffered serious injuries and another has moderate injuries after a two-car crash near Waiuku.

The truck fire blocking part of SH1 south of Warkworth has been cleared, but traffic is still heavy.