The death of a 5-year-old girl, killed while out riding her bicycle yesterday, could have been prevented, her family says.

A young Tauranga girl has died when she was hit by a four wheel drive while riding her bike.

A car has crashed down a bank off Maraetai Dr in east Auckland, injuring five people.

A truck which broke down on the centre northbound land on the harbour bridge has now been cleared and congestion is easing.

Woman cyclist in serious but stable condition after being pinned under a truck.

A motorcyclist has been taken to Wellington hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a car on Customhouse Quay.

A Singapore man last month admitted charges of aggravated careless driving causing death and injury, after the death of a motorcyclist near Oamaru.

A multi-vehicle crash is causing major problems on Auckland's north-western motorway today.

A motorcyclist has died after striking a road barrier on State Highway One in the Waikato this morning.

Police said in a statement that the 87-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries and taken to hospital.

At least one person is thought to be seriously injured after a three-car crash north of Auckland this morning.

Two horses had to be sedated in order to be freed when their float flipped in Taranaki this morning.

Police have named the man killed in a car crash north of Taupo last night.

The elderly woman was trapped and had to be freed by firefighters before being flown by rescue helicopter to Middlemore Hospital.

New Zealand's road toll is standing at 98, 13 more than this time last year.

People inside two cars have escaped without serious injury after a fiery, high-speed crash on the outskirts of Invercargill overnight.

A man is dead and two others have serious injuries after a car and a four-wheel-drive vehicle collided north of Taupo last night.

A man has appeared in court facing two charges relating to the car crash that killed popular Rotorua woman Stephanie McHale.

Barry Algie, 73, died after he was trapped between two vehicles at his home.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash between a car and cart in Taranaki this morning.

A man who died after being crushed between two cars was packing up his house to move.

The injured pedestrian was treated by firefighters before ambulance officers arrived.

Police will close a North Island highway at midday to investigate the death of teenager whose body was found on the side of the road yesterday morning.

Two people were trapped in a car that drove several metres down a bank in North of Wellington.

Emergency services are responding to what is understood to be a serious car crash near Whanganui.

A car crash has briefly blocked a lane in the Victoria Park Tunnel on Auckland's northern motorway this morning.

A Wellington mother and her two-week-old baby were uninjured when the car she was driving fell several metres down a bank.

A woman is in a serious condition and two children have minor injuries after two cars collided in Christchurch.

The father of the young boy who was accidently run over by his mother says his son is lucky to be alive, after the car narrowly missed his son's head.