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 single-car crash on a rural Waikato road has turned out to be less serious than emergency services first thought. Police and the

A child has been seriously injured after being struck by a car in the Auckland suburb of Panmure

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.

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.

A crash in Onehunga has left one person with serious injuries.

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

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 man is in hospital after an accident on a moped in the Waikato this morning.

One person is in a critical condition after a crash in West Auckland tonight.

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.