Teen cut from car following crash
A 17-year-old youth was cut from a vehicle after a three car crash on State Highway 57 near Linton this morning.
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Teens flee crash scene
Two teenagers allegedly crashed a stolen car into the side of a building in Nelson overnight.
Inquiry into kindergarten teacher fatality
The Serious Crash Unit has been called in to investigate the fatal crash that claimed the life of kindergarten teacher Pam McGarva.
Pedestrian killed after being hit by car near Feilding
A man was killed after being hit by a car in Palmerston North early this morning.
Expat 'gutted' by son's death
The only child of a New Zealander living in California has died in a motorcycle crash, about a kilometre away from the mechanics who were to have fixed the bike.
One seriously injured after crash
One person has been seriously injured after a car left the road and crashed on train tracks south of Auckland this evening.
Cars auctioned for charity
A novice rally driver has put his two high-performance racing cars up for sale after cheating death in an horrific crash just five months ago.
Cell to rescue after plunge
A young woman whose car crashed "head first" down a 60m bank before flipping managed to crawl out of the vehicle and phone emergency services and family.
Woman thrown 100m in crash
A 21-year-old Hamilton woman has serious injuries after her car left the road and crashed down a slope about 100m long in Waitomo this afternoon.
Drink-driver jailed for killing friends
A young West Auckland plumber has been sentenced to almost two years in prison after the deaths of two of his friends while he was driving drunk last year.
Smashing time - in the name of safety
Crowds at the CRC Speedshow got a spectacular but safe demonstration of the power of a head-on crash at 60km/h when cars were dropped from a crane yesterday.
Truck driver may have been on phone
A truck driver is thought to have been on the phone to his nephew the moment his vehicle plunged down a cliff near Kaikoura, his brother says.
'She was our happiness'
A Taumarunui mum is serving a life sentence. Her gut instinct told her it wasn't safe to hold her baby in her lap and put the carseat in the boot , but Mary Navacilla did it anyway, just this once.
Kerre McIvor: Lifetime of guilt for a fatal error
Two families will never be the same again. Shane Summerfield lost his wife, Sally, and his 12-year-old daughter, Ella; Sam Summerfield lost his mother and his little sister.
Body of missing truck driver recovered
A truck driver is thought to have been on the phone to his nephew the moment his vehicle plunged down a cliff near Kaikoura, his brother says.
Black ice causes road chaos
Black ice has caused several crashed on State Highway 5 this morning, with parts of central North Island experiencing temperatures well below zero.
One dead following motorbike crash
A person has died after a motorbike crash north of Auckland.
Tamaki Drive crash leaves one person critical
One person was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Auckland's Tamaki Drive this morning.
Search continues for missing truck driver
A search will continue this morning for a truck driver who has been missing since his vehicle crashed off a bank south of Kaikoura early on Wednesday.
Driver still missing 24 hours after crash
A search will continue throughout the evening for a truck driver who has been missing since his vehicle crashed off a bank south of Kaikoura more than 24 hours ago.
Car splits in half in Gore crash
A hit a tree south of Gore this morning, and the impact was enough to split it in two.
Fatal plunge blamed on brake failure
A Napier truck driver negotiating the steep Otira Viaduct for the first time probably experienced brake failure, a coroner has ruled.
Truck driver still missing
A crane arrived this afternoon at the scene of a truck crash on the Kaikoura coast in which the driver has been missing since this morning.
Minibus rolls in Otago, driver injured
Four people were trapped when a bus rolled near Clarks Junction, inland from Outram near Dunedin, this morning.