A woman has been hospitalised after a fire truck rushing to a job crashed into the back of a car she was driving in South Auckland.

One man has died after driving off a stretch of Waikato Highway early this morning.

A car was mangled beyond all recognition after it was wedged beneath a truck in a horrific central Taupo crash, claiming three lives.

Police have warned the road where the crash occurred will be closed until later this evening and that there may be "some delays".

Traffic is backed up on State Highway 1 north of Dunedin following a four-vehicle crash this afternoon.

A cyclist who was badly injured in a hit-and-run in Highland Park is still in a serious condition in hospital a week later.

A car has crashed into a tree after police say the driver deliberately tried to run a motorcyclist off the road.

A man has suffered head injuries after being thrown from his vehicle in an early morning police chase in Queenstown.

One man is dead and two people are injured, one seriously, after a car crash in Christchurch last night.

An elderly woman has died after a crash on the Coastal Highway last week.

The man who received life threatening injuries after being struck by a van in South Auckland remains in a critical condition this morning.

The 4-year-old critically injured in a crash on State Highway 16 near Riverhead is now in a stable condition.

Driver who allegedly shunted into an Auckland mother's car remembers very little.

An entire family has been rushed to hospital after a two-car crash northwest of Auckland.

The moment Auckland mayor Len Brown's executive assistant ran over a pedestrian in the CBD was a "split-second thing" that she will not lose her licence over, a judge ruled.

Six people, including two children, have been flown to hospital after a serious two-vehicle crash on the Te Anau-Milford Highway.

A pedestrian has life threatening injuries after he was struck by a van in South Auckland early today. Police Inspector Andy Brill says the man was rushed to Middlemore Hospital with status one injuries when he was hit on Bairds Rd, Otara, at 12.40am. The serious crash unit is investigating.

A pedestrian has life threatening injuries after he was struck by a van in South Auckland early today.

A dangerous driver who fled a police chase last night on the Auckland Harbour Bridge that left eight people injured has been charged.

A 17-year-old Invercargill girl remained in intensive care at Dunedin Hospital this morning after a single-vehicle crash in Queenstown early yesterday.

Crash happened after silver BMW allegedly drove across three lanes and overtook vehicles on the motorway shoulder.

A man has died on Waiheke Island after he was trapped under a tractor that tipped over while towing a boat.

A person was seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 20 last night.

One person died and four others were injured -- including a child and a pregnant woman -- after two vehicles collided head in south Waikato.

The teen driver of a car that lost control around a bend in Queesntown was cut from the vehicle and helicoptered to hospital in a serious condition.

One person is dead and four others injured after two vehicles collided in south Waikato.

A man has been airlifted to Palmerston North hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle accident.

The funeral for an English ex-pat who died on the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be held on Monday.

A cyclist is in hospital after being struck by a car last night, and three others are injured after a two-car crash that left both vehicles "totally disintegrated".

Police are seeking witnesses to a crash between a car and a black Harley Davidson motorcycle on Great South Rd on Friday morning.