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

A man who fell from a van travelling at 100km/h between Clyde and Cromwell last weekend has died in hospital.

Two Korean nationals are dead after a horror smash at Blackhead, Dunedin, yesterday.

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.

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

Two people were injured when a shuttle and trailer unit left the road and crashed into a ditch between Akaroa and Christchurch this afternoon.

A young man is in critical condition after falling from a van on a "joy ride" travelling at 100 kmh through the Cromwell Gorge.

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 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.

The man who died when he stepped in to the path of a truck on State Highway 2 at Te Puna yesterday has been named.

A pedestrian has died near Tauranga, one man was found dead in his car near Palmerston North and four people were injured in a head-on collision in south Waikato.

A man has died after being hit by a train in Auckland. Auckland City police, fire and ambulance services filmed at the scene of a train versus pedestrian fatal crash in Morningside Drive. The incident occurred at a barrier controlled road, rail and pedestrian crossing.

A man is trapped in a car and critically injured after a truck and car collided on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei.

Police say a motorcyclist likely died on impact when he slid into the path of an oncoming van on State Highway 50 yesterday.

Police are seeking witnesses after reports a car veered across the centreline outside Christchurch this morning and crashed head on into a truck and trailer.