An Auckland man has pulled a crash victim out of a car for the second time in just over a year.

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.

A driver has been airlifted to hospital after a serious truck crash on the East Coast 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.

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.

A house bus and a car have collided on State Highway One south of Christchurch just before midday but the occupants are unscathed.

Passengers from the same cruise ship were caught up in two of three fatal crashes yesterday.

One person is dead after a four-car crash on State Highway 1 near Moeraki this afternoon.

A truck driver had a lucky escape after it ploughed through a fence and flipped over in a paddock on SH3 in New Plymouth this morning.

State Highway 1 north of Ruakaka is down to one lane.

Around 200 homes and businesses are without power in Whanganui after an early morning smash.

The family of the 11-year-old boy killed in a car crash which injured six other children are remembering a "real character" who always made them laugh.

Motorists are told to take public transport or expect to sit in traffic after incidents leave Auckland motorway crawling.

A car with four people inside drove off a bluff on Christchurch's Port Hills last night.

Five people, including a baby, have been injured in a car crash near State Highway 1 in the Horowhenua District.