A 68-year-old man associated with the maintenance of a bus which crashed on Arthur's Pass on New Year's Eve has been charged.

One person has been killed in a crash near Whakatane this morning.

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.

An elderly couple had to be freed by fire crews after their car became trapped between two buses.

One person is understood to have died at the scene, and two are still trapped in the car after a car rolled on State Highway 2.

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.

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.

The man who died after a motorcycle crash in Taranaki has been identified.

One person was taken to Waikato Hospital in serious condition and another person was taken in moderate condition, a St John Ambulance spokeswoman said.

A man was airlifted to Wellington Hospital with serious injuries after a northbound truck crossed the centre line and collided with a tree.

She's too young to realise it yet, but 7-year-old Elyse Brown is helping her dad, Heath, keep it together.

Six people were injured, two critically, in a head-on crash this afternoon.

An arterial route in Auckland has been reopened following a fatal collision between a car and a truck this afternoon.

One person suffered serious head and chest injuries after a ute crashed into a ditch in Waikato this afternoon.

A drink driver who mowed down pedestrians in Christchurch on Good Friday has pleaded guilty in court today.