Sober drivers must remain completely alcohol-free this festive season, says a charity that works with crash victims.

The deaths of three foreign tourists should act as a catalyst for an increased safety focus at known danger areas on Southern roads, a Coroner has recommended.

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

Former King's College prefect killed in a motorbike accident, 12 years after his sister was tragically hit and killed by a motorcyclist on the tiny Pacific Island.

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.

It's an experience that can cause many top public servants a touch of dread - and hours in PR-coached preparation.

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.

At least seven people have died on the country's roads this weekend, with a crash near Carterton the latest.

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.

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.

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 crash in west Auckland left a man trapped in his vehicle after his car tipped and rolled onto its side.

The wife of a man killed by a motorist going more than 100km/h in a 50km/h zone says her husband's death was a waste of life and has labelled the driver "an idiot".