A car has gone into the Waipawa River in central Hawke's Bay.

A motorcyclist has collided with a van in the suburb of Otangarei in Whangarei.

A car crash and a bus breakdown has led to traffic crawling through Auckland's central motorway at lunchtime.

The man charged with carelessly driving a $20 million McLaren F1 sports car is an Australian who owns several McDonald's restaurants in Victoria.

A person is in a serious condition after a car crashed into a pole in Cambridge this morning.

A Remuera mother and grandmother who was killed yesterday after being hit by a car is being remembered as a very caring person with a beautiful family.

David and Sylvia Lawrence had been sleeping when a wheel punched through the bedroom wall of their Tauranga house, killing the driver.

A person has died after a car smashed into a home in Tauranga.

One person is in serious condition after a car hit a shop in Greenlane, Auckland.

Customers of a Cambridge cafe escaped injury after the driver of a car accidentally drove into the business.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car outside Palmers Garden Centre in Remuera, Auckland.

Clinton Highway in the Clutha District is closed as a result of the crash.

The driver of a McLaren F1 car worth an estimated $20 million could be charged after a crash at Closeburn near Queenstown, police say.

Commuters are facing an arduous Friday night drive home after a crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge this afternoon.

Emergency services are on the way to a car crash in Waione, where at least one person may still be trapped in the vehicle.

Emergency services have managed to free a person trapped in a vehicle after a car crash in South Auckland.

A major crash has blocked a major route across the Wellington region this morning.

An empty school bus and truck have collided north of Wellsford this morning.

A truck and car were involved in a serious accident north of Christchurch this morning.

An American tourist who died on a bike ride in Tauranga has been named.

A school boy picked to become a prefect at one of Auckland's top grammar schools has died in a car accident.

Police are treating the death of a motorcyclist in a Bay of Plenty crash as suspicious.

Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash in rural Hawke's Bay tonight.

A pregnant woman is in hospital after suffering critical injuries when the car she was driving and another vehicle collided in the Dome Valley.

An Oamaru man who caused a five-car smash that left five injured and one dead was a learner driver and had smoked two bongs before getting behind the wheel.

One person is in a critical condition follow a two-car crash on State Highway 1, just north of Tirau.

Two people have minor injuries after a bus and truck crashed in Auckland.

Four people were lucky to walk away unhurt, after their car crashed into a tree, rolled, then hit a parked car, which then struck a house.

A man has died in a single car crash in Ahipara south east of Kaitaia.

One person is dead after a crash 20 minutes north of Matamata this afternoon.