Access to the Splore Festival along the Clevedon-Kawakawa Road is blocked after a car crashed and toppled a power pole.

Police want to speak to two men in a taxi who may have witnessed a fatal crash on Auckland's North Western Motorway early this morning.

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.

A campervan driver will appear in court next week accused of causing a severe brain injury to a Canadian tourist.

A person has died after a serious crash at Kaukapapa, northwest of Auckland.

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 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.

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.

The young girl was in a serious condition when emergency services arrived.