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![Motorcyclist dies following Waikato crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Motorcyclist dies following Waikato crash
A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a truck in Waikato today.
![2014 death toll on Waikato roads double 2013](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
2014 death toll on Waikato roads double 2013
This year's death toll on Waikato roads has risen to twice the number at the same point last year with the death of a pedestrian yesterday.
![Woman dies after being hit by car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Woman dies after being hit by car
A woman who was hit by a car in Hamilton early this morning has died of her injuries.
![Crash on Tauranga's main arterial route](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Crash on Tauranga's main arterial route
A crash involving a logging truck and car has shut down the northbound lane of Tauranga's Takitimu Drive this morning.
![School bus crash: Three hospitalised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
School bus crash: Three hospitalised
Traffic is backed up after a crash involving a school bus and car this morning at Welcome Bay in the Bay of Plenty.
![Poor weather, excessive speed caused fatal crash - inquest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Poor weather, excessive speed caused fatal crash - inquest
Poor weather and excessive speed in a notorious black spot were the cause of a two-car crash that killed a man and his stepdaughter, an inquest into their deaths has found.
![Teenagers critically injured after packed car crashes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Teenagers critically injured after packed car crashes
Two teenagers who were sitting in the boot of an old car packed with young people and driven by a boy with no licence suffered critical injuries when they were thrown from the vehicle when it crashed.
![Highway partially blocked after truck and trailer rolls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Highway partially blocked after truck and trailer rolls
A highway in Tasman district is partially blocked after a truck and trailer rolled this morning.
![Speed behind biker deaths, say police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Speed behind biker deaths, say police
A spate of motorcycle fatalities has prompted police to warn riders to reduce speed, with an expert claiming motorists can be 'twits' after four riders were killed.
![Crash near Warkworth leaves one critical](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Crash near Warkworth leaves one critical
One person was critically injured and another seriously hurt in a three-vehicle road crash near Warkworth last night.
![Motorcyclist dies following crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Motorcyclist dies following crash
A motorcyclist has died following a crash with a tractor in Hamilton this morning.
![Dipped headlights blamed for crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Dipped headlights blamed for crash
A coroner is recommending public education on the dangers of driving with dipped headlights on rural roads, after a wedding guest was killed by a vehicle at night in rural Waikato.
![Driver: 'I still don't blame police'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Driver: 'I still don't blame police'
A Dunedin driver who lost his leg after his truck collided with a cow holds no grudge against police, despite them being faulted in an IPCA finding.
![False truck crash ad 'ok' now changed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
False truck crash ad 'ok' now changed
An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.
![NZTA approves $3.2m for cycleway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZTA approves $3.2m for cycleway
The extension of the cycling network along the busy Dominion Road in Auckland has come one pedal rotation closer, with the New Zealand Transport Agency's approval to spend $3.2 million on the project.
![Cambridge crash: cause unknown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cambridge crash: cause unknown
The cause of a fatal multiple vehicle collision north of Cambridge yesterday is still to be determined.
![One dead in Cambridge crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
One dead in Cambridge crash
One person has died and four others are injured after a four car crash south of Hamilton.
![Overturned tanker leaks fuel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Overturned tanker leaks fuel
A tanker with some 16,000 litres of fuel on board overturned in Bay of Plenty this morning, leaking large quantities of petrol and diesel into the environment.
![Motorcyclist said he had been drinking before crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Motorcyclist said he had been drinking before crash
A motorcyclist who was seriously injured after crashing through a barbed wire fence told people at the scene he had been drinking before the crash, police say.