Mike Mills' mother says the 17-year-old was the innocent driver in the head-on crash that claimed his life.

Despite a broken jaw, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has been able to express her heartache at losing her husband in a horror crash.

Six people have received minor to moderate injuries after a two-car crash north of Christchurch this afternoon.

A man has been seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Mt Eden overnight.

The motorcycle community is shocked and saddened after losing one of its members in a fatal crash involving a tourist driver in Hawkes Bay yesterday.

Child safety advocates are hailing the reduction in child deaths and hospital admissions from unintentional injuries.

Two teens are killed in a stolen car fleeing police. As the driver - their friend - must face justice, the fingerpointing begins. Kirsty Johnston visits a divided Featherston.

Motorists not driving to conditions - and impatience - appear to be the themes of crashes which have killed five people so far this long weekend.

Three people are critically injured after a serious crash in Karangahake Gorge - the second crash in the same spot today.

A series of crashes have left four people dead this Waitangi weekend.

The crash happened about 9pm yesterday and the rider was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

A 23-year-old man is dead after being flung from a vehicle in a crash early this morning.

In a haunting case of deja vu, two of the families scarred by Sunday's horror crash were involved in an accident with eerily similar circumstances two decades ago.

A man suffered serious chest injuries in a four-vehicle crash in Waikato late this afternoon.

Police were on hand at the funeral service for Pacer Willacy-Scott, a passenger in the stolen car that crashed on Sunday in Masterton.

Update: Traffic is now flowing at Oteha Valley following the crash.

WATCH: An Auckland man has footage of a driver who damaged his motorcycle in a hit-and-run incident - and he wants your help to identify him.

An elderly woman who fell asleep at the wheel veered off a road and crashed in to a ditch in Hawke's Bay.

A tourist driver's failure to give way is the likely cause of a crash at an Oamaru intersection today, police say.

A tourist driver is facing two charges of careless driving causing injury after a head-on crash near Queenstown.

A Featherston father believes his daughter stole car keys then gave them to a group of teens, but says she has been forced to leave town for her safety.

More than 20 drunken teen surround house, smash windows and scream abuse at girl they blame for car smash deaths.

Two children injured in a crash in which their mother died remain in hospital. Firefighters related to the family were devastated when they responded to the crash.

A collection of cars is growing in an Auckland garden, putting a new spin on what it means to have a car yard.

A youth leader was devastated the lives of two teenagers ended after the stolen car they were in fled from police at dangerous speeds and crashed.

Two people escaped serious injury after their car went down a bank on Piha Rd near Piha Beach in northwest Auckland tonight.

A man charged with drink-driving causing the death of a friend in a crash near Hastings last year had almost three times the legal limit of alcohol, police say.