The 44-year-old man was walking with an associate alongside the road when he was hit by a truck.

A man who was killed when he was struck by a milk tanker near Te Puke last night has been named.

Two people were taken to hospital after a car went into a ditch in Morrinsville early this morning.

The injured patient was airlifted by Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Waikato Hospital.

An ambulance spokesperson said the child was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The crash that killed a teenage worker in Auckland this week has prompted calls for tighter safety rules.

Two trucks have crashed on State Highway 1 in Waikato, spilling some of their loads and prompting police to put diversions in place.

Nearly 30 more people have died on the roads so far this year than at the same time last year.

A Hamilton man will fight a serious driving charge over the death of his friend and fellow motorcyclist on the outskirts of the city earlier this year.

The older sister of the 19-year-old woman who was killed in a rubbish truck crash in Auckland says she was dreading seeing the site.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash, near the intersection of Riccarton Rd and Clyde Rd in Christchurch this morning.

One person is dead and another injured after the rubbish truck they were in plummeted 10m down a bank.

Temperatures got as low as -6C in parts of Otago overnight, and councils throughout the South Island are warning of widespread black ice and severe frosts.

A code of practice has been finalised to better screen and educate tourist drivers before they hire a vehicle in New Zealand.

A teenager who killed his best friend in a street race two years ago has admitted breaching a three-year driving ban to get computer games.

The man who spent the night out in the open after his car came off the road in the Coromandel has his friends to thank for his rescue.

A volunteer firefighter is mourning the loss of his son who was killed when the motorbike he was riding and a truck collided near Matamata last night.

Phillip John Ballantyne, of Invercargill, died after a 1993 Landrover Discovery rolled after taking a bend on Otatara Rd near Currans Rd last night.

Traffic is easing for evening commuters on Auckland's Southern Motorway after two crashes caused headaches this afternoon.

Specialist staff including a serious crash investigator attended the Invercargill crash scene and planned to continue their examinations this morning.

The owner of a Papamoa superette says his mum is lucky to be alive after a car smashed through dairy's wall and tore the store apart.

The woman who died in a two-car crash in Queenstown on Friday was Jennifer Claire Scott, 76.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash in Beachlands this afternoon.

Justice David Gendall found no fault with the 18-month jail term handed to Jing Cao (32), of China, earlier this year.

Police have named the who died after he was thrown from his motorcycle on Whanganui Beach yesterday evening.

Police are still in the ''very early'' stages of the investigation into the crash that killed 18-year-old Nakita May Strange and it is unclear when charges will be laid.

A female passenger of a speeding vehicle which crashed near Taumaranui a week ago has died in hospital.

A 29-year-old suffered from serious injuries as a result of the accident and died at the scene.

Afatal crash near the Karangahake Gorge that may have been caused by a fallen boulder was not in an area known for rockfalls.