A crash on the Southern Motorway that blocked the fast lane is causing a headache for those travelling south this morning.

Authorities are searching for a white or light-coloured hatchback car thought to be travelling with the Nissan Skyline involved in a the fatal crash in Hamilton.

Police believe two motorcyclists involved in a head-on collision were patched Black Power members travelling in convoy to a Northland tangi.

The families of the four young people who died in a horror crash near Hamilton are beginning to pay tribute to their loved ones.

Waikato police say they are investigating whether two cars were racing each other and whether an altercation took place shortly before the fatal crash.

Police said the ambulance service was called to the scene, and one man had minor injuries.

A group of tourists had a lucky escape after crashing their car into a cow in Te Kuiti last week. The cow and the car were not so lucky.

A slip north on one of the country's most popular scenic highways is down to one lane and a second incident in Bay has left motorists navigating floodwaters.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a two car collision near Rolleston, on the outskirts of Christchurch where a woman is trapped in a car.

Sometimes a shortcut is not always the best road to take - as the owners of this car found out when they drove down a stairway and immediately got stuck.

This is what happens when a four-wheel-drive ute and a tractor collide on a narrow country road.

A man has moderate injuries after being trapped in his car after a crash in Auckland's One Tree Hill.

River Rd in Tuakau is still closed after chemicals were spilt from a serious crash earlier today.

But the bill for about $6500 isn't likely to break the bank.

The driver of a car which crashed, killing himself and a cyclist in Christchurch, wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was believed to have been drinking.

A person is being cut out of their car by firefighters after it collided with another vehicle on State Highway 16, near Kumeu.

A motorcyclist is believed to have crossed the centre line and crashed into a car near Matamata yesterday.

A motorcyclist has died after a crash near Matamata.

A person is trapped in a car in a serious condition after crashing into a power pole in Whangarei.

A group of tourists crashed into a cow in King Country early this morning.

Two people are dead after a two vehicles and a cyclist collided in Christchurch.

One person has been killed and four others injured after collision on State Highway 1, just south of Warkworth.

A section of State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa is closed until midday while a crashed truck and its cargo are removed.

Emergency services are attending two crashes on Auckland's motorways this morning.

A man aged about 80 has been rescued after a night in his car stranded in a Central Hawke's Bay farm paddock.

The crash happened this morning at the intersection of Glenfield Rd and Manuka Rd in Glenfield.

Six people were injured, one critically, in a crash near Whangarei this evening.

A 50-year-old woman was trapped in her car for half an hour this afternoon after a crash on a motorway off-ramp.

Alcohol, speed and an overloaded vehicle contributed to the severity of an accident that killed Brethren members near Dargaville on Monday.