There were seven people in the car - all believed to be aged under 15 and many are said to be related to each other, either siblings or cousins.

A 17-year old has suspected head injuries after a motorbike accident in Ruatahuna.

NZTA is advising motorists to avoid Oteha Valley and Greville Rd citybound on-ramps, and use East Coast Rd and enter the motorway further south.

A person was critically injured in a truck crash south of Rakaia this morning.

A dramatic high-speed chase has ended with a stolen car smashing into a power pole in West Auckland.

Fire Service says a car had crashed into a house at Mairangi Bay, on Auckland's North Shore.

Three vehicles were involved in the crash which happened on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei.

A person is in a moderate to serious condition after a gnarly car crash in Auckland.

A 12-year-old rugby league star who is an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter is showing signs of recovery.

A PhD psychology student drove her unwarranted and unregistered Mercedes Benz through Dunedin streets, while swigging on a bottle of wine.

A driver of a car managed to get themselves out of their vehicle after it crashed into a house in Hamilton today. Northern fire communications

A man has died and another has been seriously injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a tree today.

A pregnant woman is injured in a car crash in Glen Eden this morning.

A man is in a critical condition in intensive care after being hit by a motorcycle in Hamilton.

The crash occurred when the bus slid into a ditch on Waikawa Beach Rd.

Firefighters work to cut free a person trapped in their vehicle in a west Auckland street.

The two men who were reported missing on a four-wheel drive trip in Twizel have been found.

The number of people killed so far this month now sits at 11, however, at least one other is in a critical condition after a crash in Hawke's Bay last night.

A motorcyclist has been killed in an accident on the Lindis Pass Tarras Rd in the South Island. A police spokeswoman said the accident

The community is rallying for a 12-year-old rugby starlet who is in an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter.

A one-month-old baby was injured in a crash in the Hawke's Bay, while six people were injured in a head-on smash in Auckland last night.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

Woman died after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington this morning.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

Two women have died in separate Hawke's Bay crashes just hours apart.

Corbin Morgan, 16, was killed in a car crash while travelling back from a farm where he worked with three friends to raise funds for a rugby trip to Argentina.

Shocked friends and schoolmates pay tribute to teenager killed after the car he was travelling in crashed near Matamata.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on SH2 in Hastings.

A man who died after his motorbike and a car collided in Hamilton has been named by police as Richard James Bennett.