Several people have been taken to hospital after a crash in South Otago.

A van carrying alcohol rolled on Auckland's South Western Motorway causing traffic mayhem today.

The road toll now stands at six after a person died in a crash between a car and a truck in near Christchurch this afternoon.

A police spokesman said the fire service had cut three people from vehicles.

A male motorcyclist has died after hitting a fence this afternoon south of Matamata, taking the holiday road toll to five.

Since the start of the official holiday road toll there have been 373 crashes on New Zealand roads and four deaths.

Two women died in a head-on crash after leaving a whanau get-together and police are working to establish if driver in fatal crash was using phone.

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Emergency services were called to an extremely remote area east of Raglan where a motorbike crash occurred

The holiday road toll stands at one and so far there have been 251 crashes across New Zealand.

Crash data from a notorious piece of road popular with Auckland holidaymakers could hold clues on how to lower New Zealand's road toll.

A Christmas Day crash in Northland has brought the holiday road toll to one, dashing hopes for zero fatalities.

A person has died after a three-vehicle collision near Whangarei this evening.

The holiday road toll has climbed to one after a fatal crash in Northland early this evening.

The crash happened on Ngongotaha Road at about 4.30pm when two cars collided.

One person has been critically injured in a road accident in Ranui.

Police are repeating calls for motorists to slow down after a spate of crashes since Christmas Eve.

Police are seeking witnesses of a hit-and-run crash involving a cyclist.

Robert Su, with whom Karen had been together for eight years, was crossing Fanshawe St when a truck ploughed through a red light and hit him.

A father of two young children who was killed in a car crash will miss out on seeing his daughter and son grow up.

A 22-year-old man killed in a head-on crash in Te Awamutu was in breach of his learner's licence, police say.

There's been more trouble for motorists on State Highway 1 after a single-vehicle crash on the road used as a diversion due to an earlier crash.

A man has died and two others have multiple injuries after a head-on crash in Te Awamutu, leaving the road temporarily closed.

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Detours are in place after truck crash on the Desert Road early this morning.

A woman in her 70s is dead after the vehicle she was driving hit a fence in Remuera.

A man was killed when his car hit a tree on a Wellington residential street last night.

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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