A man suffered spinal injuries and a cut head after a light truck rolled down a 4m bank in Waikato today.

One person has escaped with minor injuries after their car hit a tree on a country road near Kaukapakapa.

A Wellington crash has closed one lane on Happy Valley Rd in Brooklyn.

Five primary school-aged pupils were injured when the school bus they were on crashed north of Auckland after its handbrake failed.

A man was flown to hospital after he was ejected from the vehicle he was driving in a "high speed roll-over" in the Waikato.

Auckland traffic is being held up by two separate crashes on motorways this morning.

A 26-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving rolled on State Highway 10 early this morning.

A man who crashed into a power pole last night is still in critical condition in Christchurch Hospital.

A driver with serious injuries had to be freed from a car after crashing into a power pole north of Christchurch tonight.

Four people have been transported to Palmerston North Hospital after two cars crashed near Massey University this morning.

A truck has crashed into the living room of a home in Henderson, in West Auckland.

The driver, a 42-year-old male, is to appear in Wellington District Court later today on a charge of failing to stop and a number of unrelated charges.

A car accident has robbed a family of two young brothers who were on their way to pay their respects to an uncle who had recently died.

A car has flipped on an Auckland motorway this afternoon, injuring one passenger.

Homes in west Auckland are without power after a car hit a transformer.

One person has died and another is seriously injured following a police pursuit in Porirua last night.

Sentencing of an American tourist who admitted causing the deaths of two Northland women in a car crash has been put off until next Saturday.

The drivers of both vehicles suffered injuries and have been transported to hospital, police said.

One person is in a serious condition after their car left the road and landed in a paddock near Whangarei.

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A Twizel woman who lost control of a vehicle leading to the death of her husband and injuries to her daughter has been discharged without conviction.

Two people have been taken to hospital this evening following a two-car crash on Dilworth St, Christchurch.

Traffic has resumed to normal after two crashes that took place within five minutes of each other on either side of the State Highway 1 near Rolleston.

Traffic has finally cleared after being bumper-to-bumper for several hours on the Northern Motorway in Auckland following five traffic incidents.

The driver of a truck carrying a digger which brought Auckland to a standstill has been charged.

Two children were injured when the school bus they were on collided with a truck north of Auckland.

A vehicle on State Highway 1 north of Taihape appeared to have gone over a bank and caught fire last night.