Theresa Philbrick: 'It's terrifying being a tourist on NZ roads'
No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.
No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.
A French tourist who drove on the wrong side of the road, colliding with an oncoming car, must pay $19,000 to his victims before he can leave the country.
A Mosgiel family wants to thank those who supported them while their son was recovering from a car crash.
A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in crashed down a steep bank has today been named by police.
Police have released the name of two men who died after separate crashes in the Waikato last week.
She came to New Zealand to recover from depression brought on by her partner's death in a motorcycle crash.
A spate of accidents involving tourist drivers this summer has led to several incidents in which South Island residents have stopped drivers and confiscated their keys.
A man has been charged with dangerous driving after a dramatic crash on an Auckland motorway this year.
A man has been charged with dangerous driving following a dramatic crash on the Auckland motorway last month.
A tourist driver has been punched in the face after being pulled over by another motorist, as tension over foreign drivers and crashes escalates.
A Frenchman who moved to NZ to "make his dream come true" swerved to avoid hitting a portable toilet that had fallen from a truck before colliding head-on with another truck.
A Japanese tourist was critically injured when his rental car and a truck collided near Christchurch today.
A young driver who died in a head-on collision with a truck was swerving to avoid a portable toilet which fell from another passing truck and trailer.
Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".
Four people have been injured in a collision between a logging truck and a car this morning.
Teenager's headmaster says girl had recently found a "new lease on life" as police question other the occupants of the car.
A number of people are believed to be injured following a crash in Christchurch this morning.
It has been a tragic summer on New Zealand roads. The Christmas-New Year road toll was the worst for 17 years, prompting soul-searching among the authorities.
A Haast woman who confiscated the car keys from a Chinese tourist driving badly at Franz Josef Glacier says she did what any responsible citizen would do.
A Taiwanese tourist killed in a crash in Canterbury last week has been named.
Drastic action by a person who flagged down a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road and confiscated their car keys yesterday is being investigated by police.
Six overseas drivers have appeared in court over the past 24 hours after a series of crashes that have focused attention on tourist driving.
Five foreign drivers have appeared in court over the past seven days charged with dangerous driving in different parts of the country. How can we make tourists safer on our roads? Comment here.
A driver allegedly slammed another car off the road during a suspected road-rage incident yesterday, sending it careering into a bus shelter, seriously injuring a waiting teenager.
A heartbroken family are mourning the loss of 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris after a car crash involving a foreign driver in Otago.
The 5-year-old Oamaru girl killed in a crash in North Otago on Saturday has been named by police.