A woman who was popping in to town to pick up fish and chips for dinner has been airlifted to hospital after she was involved in an accident.

Friends and family of a young soldier killed in a vehicle crash in South Otago have posted tributes following his death.

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Crashes that left two people fighting for their lives were among at least four in the top half the North Island today.

A section of State Highway 25 in the Coromandel is closed after a crash in which three people were injured, one critically.

Police are urging motorists to practise safe-driving procedures in a bid to keep down the number of crashes, injuries and deaths.

Police said the teen died when his car left the road and struck a bank.

A crash involving five cars has closed off a section of State Highway 1, south of Christchurch.

A male has been flown by helicopter to hospital in a critical condition following a two car crash on State Highway 6 between Havelock and Renwick.

The man has been disqualified from driving for two months and ordered to do 120 hours of community work.

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Police were alerted to the crash on the corner of Mcannalley St and Great South Rd in Manurewa, about 11.20am.

Police said the boy had been hit by a kindergarten van doing pick-ups in the Flaxmere cul-de-sac.

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Kevin Raymond Ambler, 60, from the Coromandel, died when his car hit a bridge on the Thames Coast Road on Thursday.

David Hills was killed on Saturday travelling back to Palmerston North with friends in a crash with a truck that left their car barely recognisable.

Three young lives ended when their car collided with a truck on State Highway 1.

Police are pleading with motorists to take care after at least seven people died over the weekend taking the year's road toll to 303.

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.

A person has died after being thrown out of their car in a crash on the Coromandel Peninsula this morning.

Seven people have been injured after two vehicles collided in National Park overnight.

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.