A person was flown to hospital in a critical condition after a two car crash in Taranaki earlier today. Police say the crash happened

More than 3700 police staff have asked for work-related trauma counselling in the last five years - with a senior association figure

Watch NZH Focus: Over the last three years, fatalities on the road have risen across the country.

A woman has died following a crash on State Highway 2 at the intersection of Hebden Crescent, Lower Hutt.

Motorists heading south in the City of Sails have been told to expect delays.

The blaze sent a plume of black smoke into the air above the South Western Motorway.

One person is in Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after two cars collided shortly before 10pm on Tuesday night.

A 33-year-old Dunedin psychology student appeared in court yesterday in relation to a wild car ride which left a trail of destruction in Mornington.

A three-car nose to tail collision on Auckland's Southern Motorway early this morning has seen one women taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

A local cyclist was killed in a collision with a light truck just north of Hokitika this morning.

Four cars were involved in a crash in which one car overturned outside Bucklands Beach Intermediate.

Chinese national Limin Ma has admitted causing the death of Dunedin man Riley Baker in a head-on crash when he crossed the centre line to view the ocean.

Chinese national Limin Ma has pleaded guilty over the crash which killed young Dunedin photographer Riley Baker.

The crash has closed part of a motorway off-ramp, Nielsen Street and Onehunga Mall; causing significant traffic delays.

The woman who died after being hit while trying to warn motorists about an accident on State Highway 1 has been named as Medelina Muir.

A man is in a serious condition after a motorbike accident on a property in Kinleith.

One person is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash south of the Bombay Hills early this morning.

Actor James Rolleston remains in a stable condition in a ward in Waikato Hospital after a horror car crash nearly a month ago.

A car and truck collide trapping a person inside a vehicle in Remuera this morning.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

A crash that blocked part of Auckland's busy central motorway is now clear.

A driver has been seriously injured after a freight truck rolled in Otorohanga early today.

A young mum of two is dead after a collision between a car and truck in Christchurch.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

Two people have been taken to hospital after colliding with a parked truck in Auckland. Meanwhile, a person was trapped after car rolled.

A tourist driver has had her appeal heard in the Napier High Court this morning after being jailed for killing a young motorcyclist earlier this year.

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

St John was required to send five ambulances to the scene.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

Two people have been freed after they were trapped in their vehicles in a crash at Timaru.