The road was closed for several hours.

Fire crews were called to the rural Canterbury crash about 5.15am.

A witness said the car had driven into an angle park, and appeared to slow down or stop.

Mum says she's 'not going to let my kids down'.

First responders tried saving the person after the crash about 9.50pm yesterday.

One person died in a crash in the morning, the another less than 12hrs later.

The crash occurred about 4.15pm.

Police were called to the crash on SH39 just before 9am.

The motorcyclist was found dead at the scene, police said.

SH3 is still closed at Mokau after a truck rolled near Te Mahoe Rd.

The pedestrian was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition.

An independent study found the 80km/h limit prevented 34 crashes in a year.

The road was closed while emergency services worked at the scene but has since reopened.

Police were called around 9.30am.

Motorists have been told to expect delays.

The incident happened on a private road off State Highway 3.

The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.

Both victims were 19 years old and from Taupō.

Police confirmed there were no other passengers in the vehicle.

'I was high-sided into the air and landed on the cheese-cutters.'

The two-vehicle crash happened around 6.10pm yesterday.

'Flashbacks of what happened come and go all the time.'

‘How the hell?’, grandmother says after cyclist told her to pay $12,000 in bike repairs.

Locals say the accident involved a girl.

The road is expected to be blocked for the next one to two hours.

According to Google Maps, northbound traffic had backed up almost 9km to Sylvia Park.

The speed limits were lowered almost two years ago.

Emergency services were called to the crash at Tuamarina at 6.30am.

'The speed limit is not a target, and we want people to drive to the conditions.'