A man alleged to have fled a fatal crash in which he is thought to have been the driver has been interviewed by police.

A cyclist suffered minor back injuries when they were hit by a car in Mt Eden this evening.

A boy was run over by a trailer with a car on it.

Hemi James Rapaea "is of no fixed abode" and was apparently picked up by the driver as he was hitchhiking from Palmerston North to Napier.

A logging truck has flipped on its side and is blocking a main road to Hamilton Airport.

The man, in his 60s, was cycling down a hill in when he swerved to avoid an oncoming truck and fell 15 meters down a bank in Onetangi, Waiheke.

A previous owner of Dunedin student bar the Bowling Green Hotel has died after a motorcycle crash in Bali.

WATCH: Raphael Giles tells the Herald about praying in the ambulance after the Patea truck crash that nobody else would die.

The funeral for an 18-month-old Hauraki toddler who died after being hit by vehicles outside his house was packed today.

A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a car in Christchurch.

The Chinese community has rallied around the family of a man who was killed by a drink driver after discovering the culprit was one of their own.

Across the country flowers are being left out with the milk for tanker drivers to collect in memory of Michael Fairclough.

A Hamilton woman was killed instantly after losing control of her car in her driveway, speeding off and driving it through her neighbour's fence.

Elyse Brown is a quiet little girl, but her father says he'll make sure they keep talking about her mother and brother, who died in a horror car crash near Te Kuiti last week.

The husband of a woman killed in a head-on car crash in Putaruru last week has been charged in relation to her death.

Raphael Giles' plea follows seven days of carnage on the roads. Up to 17 people have died, taking the year to date's road toll to 65 last night.

One person is dead and another is in serious condition after a two vehicle crash on State Highway 14, west of Whangarei, police said.

A father has shared memories of his "shining star" who was killed in head-on collision.

Speed may have been a factor in a crash that killed a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman in Canterbury yesterday afternoon.

Friends pay tribute to Fonterra driver Michael Fairclough, who was found dead at his home after last week's horror triple fatality in Patea.

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 motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car near Hampden in North Otago has been named.