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Cut-down Xmas shoppers 'had no chance'
A baby was feared to be among the victims as six people died and eight were injured when a rubbish truck careered out of control and into crowds of Christmas shoppers.
A baby was feared to be among the victims as six people died and eight were injured when a rubbish truck careered out of control and into crowds of Christmas shoppers.
Two people were cut from their vehicle following a crash in Otago last night.
Police are putting their traffic enforcement focus on holiday black spots to keep the annual road toll from surging above 300 deaths.
Gisborne harbourmaster Captain Charlie Jamieson has been killed while riding his motorcycle on the East Cape highway at Waihau Bay near Cape Runaway.
The family of a cyclist left a quadriplegic after riding into a sinkhole are considering legal action over a report into the horrific incident.
Every day before work Auckland dad Danny Mafi drives to his baby daughter's grave to "see her and to say a prayer".
An 8-year-old girl struck on a pedestrian crossing is expected to be woken from her coma today.
The aunt of an eight-year-old struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing saw the accident unfold in her rear-view mirror just seconds after she passed the youngster.
A trailer of a truck has tipped south of Dannevirke this morning, blocking part of State Highway 2 north of Woodville.
An 8-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital after a four-vehicle crash yesterday.
An illegal migrant who hid under a truck travelling from France has been killed trying to disembark while the vehicle was stationary on the M25.
One person is dead after a car went through a fence on Alfriston Road, South Auckland.
A 7-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle driven by his father, who couldn't see he was behind the ute because of a blind spot as he reversed down a driveway, a coroner has found.
An off-duty postie and an injured engineer held an elderly woman's head above water as she sat trapped in her car which had rolled down a bank and plunged into a stream.
School principal Banapa Avatea's quick thinking and decisive actions averted disaster in peak-hour traffic between Auckland and Waikato.
One person died and another was trapped in a two-car crash in Northland this afternoon.
A diesel tanker rolled into a ditch on Auckland’s north western motorway this morning, during road construction work.
Police have yet to get the message. The gridlock suffered in Auckland last Saturday is simply unacceptable.
A Chinese woman on a trip to New Zealand has pleaded guilty over a West Coast crash that killed her companion and injured two others.
A Hong Kong couple escaped injury yesterday afternoon when their rental vehicle left the road and plunged about 50m down a bank on the Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd.
Police have defended their handling of a harbour bridge crash which closed three northbound lanes on Saturday, causing traffic jams that crippled the Auckland's transport system.
Danny and Lope Mafi were excited about moving out of their cramped South Auckland unit to a bigger house that would give their children more space to play.
John Key has ruled out an earlier construction date for a second harbour crossing in response to huge traffic jams which brought Auckland roads to a standstill on Saturday.
City leaders question why a crash on the harbour bridge brought Auckland to a standstill. We look at the options for easing congestion if it happened again.
An anguished man was seen screaming in horror as he carried an 18-month-old girl moments after she was accidentally run over in a South Auckland driveway.
Nick Wallbridge was left fighting for his life after a van smash that killed his teacher and classmate.
A serious crash brought Auckland’s motorway network to its knees with motorists stuck in grid-locked traffic for up to four hours.
Two motorcyclists have been critically injured in a crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge today.