A St John paramedic involved in an ambulance crash in Northland this morning is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Police today said the 17-year-old youth would appear in Westport District Court on Thursday.

At the time of the crash, police said neither rider was wearing a helmet or any safety gear when their motorcycles collided killing one of them.

The motorcyclist found dead after a crash in Hamilton on Saturday morning was 29-year-old Raglan man Nathan William Nolan.

One person has been rescued from a car that went into a swamp in Avondale this morning.

A man is seriously injured following a crash between a cyclist and a truck in Wellington early this morning.

One person is in serious condition and two others injured following a crash in south Auckland early this morning.

A spike in the number fatalities on Northland roads has prompted police to call for motorists to slow down.

A meaty carcass has been scooped up off Auckland’s Southern Motorway this afternoon.

It was a tragic weekend on New Zealand roads with three people killed and a number badly injured in serious crashes.

A bus driver who was caught by strong winds and thrown under his bus is in a stable condition in hospital.

Three people lost their lives on New Zealand's roads this weekend.

Emergency services are at the crash scene near Clevedon.

Police say the motorcyclist died after a crash in Rotokauri, Hamilton.

The former All Black flung himself across the car seat to save his baby's life, French officials investigating the crash believe.

A 25-year-old driver smashed into a fence, taking out a tree along the way, and was wedged against the fence with timber pinning his head down.

A truck, bus and a number of cars have collided at a busy intersection in Central Auckland.

A cow was killed when it wandered on to a South Auckland road today and was struck by a car.

Man who went to the rescue of a driver described hearing the “big f***ing bang” that woke him, and how nobody realised the man was impaled for up to 30 minutes.

A Hamilton man crashed head-on into a truck then fell off his bike before it burst into flames in the Waikato.

An eyewitness understood the man was impaled in the abdomen and it appeared a piece of fence had gone through the car.

A motorcyclist was injured after apparently skidding in heavy rain as he crossed Auckland's Harbour Bridge during last night's stormy weather.

Injured and dazed after crashing 100m down a bank, a Northland woman battled faltering cell phone reception and beeped her car horn to alert rescuers.

Dylan Chad was banned from driving for three years over the 2013 death of a mate. But he appeared in court last week on a charge of driving while disqualified.

A male motorcyclist who crashed head-on into a truck this morning became separated from his bike on impact before it burst into flames.

The accident occurred at the intersection of State Highway 57 and Waihou Rd about 8pm Sunday when a northbound and southbound vehicle collided.

A spate of weekend crashes has prompted a top road cop to urge motorists to think about the winter conditions before heading out onto the roads.

Four people were injured – one seriously – when two cars collided north of Auckland today.

An elderly man killed in a crash on State Highway 1 near Kaikoura last week has been named by police.

A bus and a car have crashed in Takapuna, Auckland but no one has been injured.