A 26-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle on Waitarere Beach.

One person suffered minor injuries after their car struck a light post in Tauranga this afternoon.

A section of State Highway 12 near the Northland settlement of Ruawai is closed this morning after truck struck and killed a cow about 9am.

One person has been taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a fire engine this morning.

Waikato police have released the name of a motorcyclist killed on State Highway 1 south of Hamilton on Monday.

A crew member on a bin lorry that killed six Christmas shoppers in Scotland punched the unconscious driver as it careered across a busy square and screamed, "You're killing people, Harry", an inquiry has heard.

A crash involving three vehicles and a horse has left the animal dead and a car trapped under live electrical wires in Horowhenua last night.

A driver of a car is seriously injured after a late night pursuit ended rapidly when a speeding car collided with a truck.

The 66-year-old man was rushed to Waikato Hospital after he was involved in a head-on collision with a car at 1.20pm, but died in hospital early this evening.

Sonny Rawhiti Kemp, 66, was on his way to hospital when the ambulance smashed into a power pole.

An investigation is under way after an ambulance taking a critically ill man to hospital crashed into a power pole. Shortly afterwards, the man died at the scene.

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.

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

A 60-year-old's vehicle collided with a trailer being towed in the opposite direction, before colliding with a second southbound vehicle.

A car has crashed into a bus-stop on the corner of Albert Street and Wyndham Street in Auckland’s CBD this morning.

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.