Traffic is at a standstill on the southern motorway heading out of Auckland this morning.

Two people have been killed in a crash in Southland.

The father of a Christchurch woman killed in a car crash on Friday night says the family are working through their "shock and grief" at the loss of his daughter.

A young child and a pregnant woman were among four people seriously injured in a three car smash south of Whitianga last night.

A Chinese tourist has been charged with careless driving after her rental vehicle veered off the Queenstown to Glenorchy road and ended up on its side yesterday.

A woman has died and a man is critically injured following a crash in Whanganui this morning.

A tourist was dressed in dark clothing and was probably distracted by stargazing when he was killed by a car on an unlit rural Queenstown road, a coroner has found.

Two people were killed last night when a Fonterra milk tanker and car collided in Waikato.

A car mounted the pavement and struck stunned a diner before ploughing into a Titirangi café tonight.

Two people have died in a two vehicle crash in Waikato.

A pilot who ran a stop and caused a car crash that seriously injured colleagues has today been ordered to pay $10,000 compensation to both victims.

Northbound Auckland traffic backed up beyond Mt Wellington after a six-car crash at Spaghetti Junction blocked several lanes yesterday.

A logging truck driver who led police on a "bizarre" high-speed chase after being pepper-sprayed was eventually subdued with a Taser.

The logging truck driver who led police on a "bizarre" high-speed chase after being pepper-sprayed is now facing nine charges.

State Highway 25 remains closed, after a collision between a motorcycle and a car left one person dead.

Traffic on Auckland's Southern Motorway is now flowing free, after a cement truck and a car collided earlier this morning.

A man has been seriously injured after his car crashed into a tree in Wairarapa overnight.

A pedestrian is in a serious condition in hospital this morning after being hit by a taxi in Auckland overnight.

Police are looking for the driver of a flat deck utility who may have witnessed a boy being struck down in Whakatane yesterday.

A police officer who followed a car that later crashed into a house on the West Coast, killing a passenger, has been cleared of any misconduct.

Thirteen people were treated at the scene of a crash yesterday after a car crossed the centre line in Waikato and ploughed into a vanload of people.

The morning sun glints off the Sentinel building towering above Takapuna and the citybound traffic is starting to thicken on the harbour bridge as I start up the southern span.

Police are still in the dark as to what caused a Dutch visitor to lie down on a dimly-lit Wanaka road before he was run over by a taxi and killed last weekend.