An ambulance officer is being treated for moderate injuries after an ambulance hit ice and slid off the road on the Southern Motorway near Dunedin tonight.

A St John ambulance hit and injured three people outside Auckland Hospital.

A smash between two trucks left a lane blocked on Auckland's northern motorway this morning.

A mourning family is preparing for the possibility the man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed Dunedin man Riley Baker may never serve prison time.

A person was flown to hospital in a critical condition after a two car crash in Taranaki earlier today. Police say the crash happened

More than 3700 police staff have asked for work-related trauma counselling in the last five years - with a senior association figure

Watch NZH Focus: Over the last three years, fatalities on the road have risen across the country.

A woman has died following a crash on State Highway 2 at the intersection of Hebden Crescent, Lower Hutt.

Motorists heading south in the City of Sails have been told to expect delays.

A 33-year-old Dunedin psychology student appeared in court yesterday in relation to a wild car ride which left a trail of destruction in Mornington.

A three-car nose to tail collision on Auckland's Southern Motorway early this morning has seen one women taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

A woman in her 30s has been taken to hospital in a serious condition.

A road is closed in Christchurch after a pedestrian was struck by a car early this morning.

A local cyclist was killed in a collision with a light truck just north of Hokitika this morning.

Four cars were involved in a crash in which one car overturned outside Bucklands Beach Intermediate.

Chinese national Limin Ma has admitted causing the death of Dunedin man Riley Baker in a head-on crash when he crossed the centre line to view the ocean.

Chinese national Limin Ma has pleaded guilty over the crash which killed young Dunedin photographer Riley Baker.

The crash has closed part of a motorway off-ramp, Nielsen Street and Onehunga Mall; causing significant traffic delays.

One person is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash south of the Bombay Hills early this morning.

Actor James Rolleston remains in a stable condition in a ward in Waikato Hospital after a horror car crash nearly a month ago.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.30pm, a Fire Service spokeswoman said.

A truck driver and his female passenger have been seriously injured after a two truck crash in Brookby, Auckland.

A car and truck collide trapping a person inside a vehicle in Remuera this morning.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

A crash that blocked part of Auckland's busy central motorway is now clear.

A driver has been seriously injured after a freight truck rolled in Otorohanga early today.

A young mum of two is dead after a collision between a car and truck in Christchurch.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

Two people have been taken to hospital after colliding with a parked truck in Auckland. Meanwhile, a person was trapped after car rolled.

A tourist driver has had her appeal heard in the Napier High Court this morning after being jailed for killing a young motorcyclist earlier this year.