The tanker driver involved in Thursday's triple fatality in Patea has been found dead in his home, it was confirmed today.

Traffic into Wellington has slowed to a crawl after a serious crash on State Highway 1 at Ngauranga Gorge.

Two women who died as a result of a crash in Fiordland on Friday may have been killed by a falling tree.

A man is in a serious condition after a crash on an Auckland motorway early this morning.

A tourist driving on one of NZ's most scenic roads was pinned to a barrier after she forgot to put her handbrake on when she got out to take a photo.

A child remains in a critical condition and a woman has been transferred to Auckland City Hospital after two people died in a crash in rural Waikato.

Two women died in a crash near Cascade Creek on the Te Anau-Milford highway in Fiordland at 5.20pm.

Fuel is leaking onto State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty after a large truck rolled east of Pukehina.

Two women are dead after a crash in Te Anau last night.

The crash was between a car and a milk tanker on Patea's main street, Egmont St, at the corner with Gloucester St.

Two people died in single-vehicle crashes on rural roads today.

A woman in her eighties has been taken to hospital after she drove into a McDonald's restaurant in Northland, along with a pedestrian she hit.

A crash involving two trucks near Huntly today was caused by a driver falling asleep behind the wheel, police say.

Police say two trucks collided at about 8.30am blocking the main highway.

A motorcyclist was flown to hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter after clipping a van and losing control of his bike near Te Aroha.

A man died after a crash in Morningside this morning.

The garage is part of a $2.3 million home which features a swimming pool and expansive harbour views.

Xingyu Shang, 27, was sentenced to nine months home detention yesterday for causing a crash which killed a man and fleeing the scene.

Heavy rain and a slippery road are to blame for a crash involving a Range Rover and tourist bus near Queenstown, police say.

The incident happened in the Hunterville Court cul-de-sac, parallel to Ladies Mile, just after 5pm.

In a heartwarming and earnest letter to a local paper, a truckie apologised for his mistake which forced the closure of a bridge

A commercial truck driver was pulled over in Stratford, Taranaki, this morning at about 6.30am.

Waikato Police are investigating a crash in which a person died last night on State Highway 2 at Mangatarata.

The girl is in hospital after the car she was in struck a power pole.

A person died late last night in a collision between a truck and a car in the Waikato.

A woman's body had to be cut from the wreckage after a fatal three-vehicle crash south of Hastings yesterday.

It took emergency crew hours to free the body of a woman trapped in a car that collided with a truck south of Hastings.

A police spokesman said a person had been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a vehicle on Auckland's North Shore.

Newly released figures show crushing boy racers' is working. Now Judith Collins is talking up the possibility of a similar law for drivers fleeing police.