After a year living in Mexico it's fair to say the roads were chaotic there. But, I truly believe Mexican drivers were better than Aucklanders, writes Sam Judd.

The learner driver of an illegally modified Honda has admitted killing two Mosgiel siblings, as further details of the horror crash emerge.

The crash took place on the Northern Motorway at Dairy Flat around 4.30am.

A Waikato man is dead and two others injured after a three-car pile-up on the outskirts of Hamilton.

A man has been charged after allegedly hitting a woman in the rental car he was driving and fleeing the scene afterwards.

A truck driver has been praised after deliberately steering his out-of-control truck and trailer into a bank as it hurtled down a steep bank.

The two truck collision took place on State Highway 1 near the intersection of Jordan Valley Rd, Hikurangi, around 6.45am.

The Chinese tourist responsible for the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris has been told to prepare himself for jail.

A Chinese tourist has admitted causing the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris.

A man was rushed to hospital in serious condition this afternoon after a truck and car collided in Auckland.

Ten fire trucks are at the scene of a crash north of Wellington this evening after a car hit a gas main.

One person was extracted from their car and four others were injured after a vehicle crash in Whitford earlier today, leading police to warn motorists to take extra caution.

An Auckland couple who survived a serious crash in Canterbury are distraught over the death of their 4-year-old daughter.

The two women who died in a fatal road smash south of Auckland on Saturday morning have been named.

Waikato police are appealing for motorists to slow down after eight crashes in the district since 8am today.

The 20-year-old student who was killed when his car and a truck collided on State Highway 2 in Kerepehi on Friday morning has been named.

Crowds of out-of-control partygoers were stunned into silence when an 18-year-old's car plunged over the edge of a bank in Oropi as he fled police on Friday night.

A child is dead and and five others are seriously injured - two critically - following a crash between two vehicles in Canterbury today.

Traffic was at a standstill this evening on Auckland's northwestern motorway following a four-car crash.

An elderly man has been seriously injured after his mobility scooter and a truck collided in Mosgiel today.

Two men killed on Bay of Plenty roads this week have been named by police.

Police said the crash happened south of the Redoubt Road off-ramp about 6am.

The 26-year-old local, whose partner was riding another motorcycle just behind him, crashed into a car in Tauranga last night.

Tauranga Police, Fire and Ambulance services are at the scene of a single fatality crash involving a car and a motorcycle.

Motorists have found themselves in a sticky situation in Papakura after 100 litres of PVA glue spilled from a truck.

A highway patrol officer who drove a police car that hit another car on State Highway 1 will be charged with careless driving.

Rental car company finds foreign drivers failing to keep left only marginally more likely to crash.

Three people were taken to hospital after a car and truck collided on State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge, south of Opotiki, last night.