Two elderly women who were killed when a car lost control and crashed into a ditch in Manawatu early this morning have been named by police.

Two people are dead and four are injured after their vehicle lost control and ended up in a ditch in Manawatu overnight.

A woman was killed and a cyclist seriously injured in two serious crashes in the central North Island early this morning.

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

A 28-year-old has died after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed while fleeing police in South Auckland.

An Auckland schoolboy knocked down and dragged beneath a light truck on Thursday afternoon was last night fighting for his life.

A young man with critical leg injuries lay trapped in his crashed ute for more than 12 hours after his vehicle crashed down a bank and into a tree.

A crash near Taupo this morning may have been caused by black ice.

State Highway 2 is closed at Mangatawhiri following a serious crash at about 2:30pm involving a car and a truck loaded with sand.

The man thought to be New Zealand's worst drink-driver has applied for leave to appeal against a jail sentence he has already served, so he can get drug and alcohol treatment.

A 25-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit and run in Auckland City today.

An 88-year-old woman who was hit by a taxi in Auckland just over a week ago has died, police say.

An off-duty police officer who was convicted and discharged with careless driving after crashing following a six-hour drinking session remains on the job.

A bus carrying 18 school children left the road, apparently blown off, near Eketahuna this morning as strong winds hammer the lower North and South islands.

A man seen in the area where a Taranaki grandmother was struck and killed as she tried to remove barriers from a busy highway is being urged to contact police.

A crash this year which caused the death of an unborn child and multiple injuries to others has been described as a "complete tragedy" by a judge.

The husband of a Taranaki grandmother killed while trying to remove barriers from a highway has urged those responsible to "man up" and come forward.

A woman was killed on a Taranaki highway after someone "stupidly" blocked a lane by intentionally placing barriers across the road, police say.

Jasmine Clothier was the kind of girl who wasn't afraid to express her emotions, giving a "cuddle and a kiss" to friends and relatives without a care.

A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.

One person is dead after a two-car crash on the Kaimai Range this yesterday afternoon.