The mother of one of the women who died in a two-car crash near Thames yesterday has paid tribute to her daughter.

A motorcyclist has been left shaken after colliding with a car on Auckland's Eden Terrace this morning.

Two women who died in a head-on collision in Waikato this morning were a New Zealander and an Australian, police have confirmed.

Robin Kearns writes: Whose city is this? Does Auckland belong only to adults and motorists? Perhaps we all need to slow down and reconsider our priorities.

As Penny Taniela ran down the street towards her unconscious daughter she didn't know what to think or expect.

One person is believed to have died following a two-car collision in south Taranaki today.

A pregnant woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital after a street race involving up to three cars ended in a collision yesterday.

An 18-year-old man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Palmerston North overnight.

One person has died and another is in a critical condition following a crash in Dunedin this evening.

One of three young girls who were injured after being hit by a car as they walked to school yesterday morning is back at home recovering.

Drivers have been urged to take extra care around school zones after three children were injured as they walked to school in south Auckland this morning.

She had spent seven months living and working in New Zealand as an au pair, but German woman Janine Baer lost her life after a crash that killed her mother.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after she was hit by a bus on Wellington’s ‘Golden Mile’ earlier this morning.

Two people were taken to hospital after a car crashed into a power pole on Auckland's North Shore early this morning.

Two people were injured, one critically, after being hit by a car while crossing a road near a busy Auckland roundabout.

The family of an Israeli woman who died in a van crash in North Canterbury has thanked the emergency services in New Zealand for their help and support.

Three people have died on the country's roads so far over the Waitangi weekend.

Police are working to establish whether a person killed in a car crash in Waitakere, Auckland today was the driver or a passenger.

A woman injured in a fatal van crash yesterday remains in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

A van with six tourists that was involved in a fatal crash in Canterbury crossed the centre line and travelled through a paddock before rolling down a steep 40m bank.

A mini-van with six tourists has crashed and a person is dead in North Canterbury.

A 62-year-old man has died in a single vehicle crash in Southland last night.

A 31-year-old man has life-threatening injuries after his car left the road on an Auckland motorway onramp and crashed onto the shoreline.

A driver has been injured and diversions are in place on a state highway after a truck and trailer overturned this morning.

A 33-year-old man arrested over an alleged hit and run in Welcome Bay Rd has appeared in court facing one count of murder.

A man died last night after he was struck in an apparent hit-and-run on Welcome Bay Rd near Tauranga at about 11pm.

Emergency services say a small child who was trapped in a car that had hit a power pole south of Tauranga was taken to hospital, but later died.