This weekend's road toll now sits at five, after a fatal motorcycle crash. It was the third accident involving a motocycle this weekend.

One person has been killed in a car crash in Mount Roskill.

Three cars involved in collision which killed one person and injured another.

Southbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway were closed for about 30 minutes after the Penrose overbridge was struck by a large motorhome.

Two motocyclists have been killed in separate accidents today.

The crash on the Southern Motorway between the Ellerslie-Penrose and Mount Wellington interchanges has been cleared and all lanes are now open.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called to transport the victims to hospital.

A motorcyclist who died in Upper Hutt on Wednesday has been named by police as 37-year-old Koro Robin Peachey of Wainuiomata.

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

It was possible the man had suffered a heart attack before the crash, police said.

Police have named the three people killed in separate road crashes in Canterbury.

Thomas Evans was following his dad across the road when he was hit by a car.

DRAMATIC PHOTO: Ambulance involved in a crash in Manukau this morning was going to a call-out when it collided with a car at a busy intersection.

Award-winning architect pleads guilty to careless driving after he dragged cyclist 20 metres along road and left tyre marks on helmet.

A van was captured on CCTV footage speeding the wrong way along Salisbury St in Christchurch before the driver was killed in a collision with a car, police said.

One man remains in Auckland Hospital in a serious condition following a serious crash on State Highway 16, northwest Auckland on Saturday night.

A top architect who hit a cyclist, pinning him under his Porsche SUV, has admitted responsibility over the incident.

Auckland motorists can expect major delays on the Southern Motorway this morning after a crash in southeast Auckland.

Bystanders managed to lift the ute off the woman by the time emergency services arrived but her life was unable to be saved.

Serious Crash Unit investigating Christchurch smash between two cars late last night.

Eleven people have been injured - five seriously - in a horror three-car smash in west Auckland this evening.

Driver of a van that crashed - killing three people - may have only had 20 minutes of experience driving on NZ roads.

Auckland motorists can expect traffic delays on the State Highway 16 this afternoon after a car crashed near the Rosebank Rd exit, Point Chevalier.

The northbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway just before the Papakura on ramp are now open following a serious crash involving multiple vehicles.

The driver has escaped serious injury, but between 7000 and 8000 litres of milk might have been lost from the tanker in Matamata.

A tanker carrying 30,000 litres of carbon dioxide has crashed on State Highway 1 in Northland.

A boyracer who drove over a passenger ejected from another car after a horror 150km/h street race crash fled the scene, fearing he had "just killed someone".

Two trucks have collided near Matamata and police are warning of delays in the area.

Two people remain in serious condition following a three-vehicle crash in Taupo today.