The three tourists from Hong Kong were killed when their rental van and a truck and trailer unit collided in Central Otago.

Five tourists were injured when their Toyota Land Cruiser rolled down a bank in Otago yesterday.

A French family travelling near Mount Cook had to be rescued out the back of their upturned campervan after it flipped in strong winds.

A Maheno teenager is fighting for his life after being struck by a milk tanker near Maheno in Otago early yesterday.

An Auckland family are devastated at the death of a man who was struck by a car while lying on an unlit rural road early this morning.

A male pedestrian was hit by a truck and seriously injured on State Highway 1 in Otago last night.

A woman who was hit by a ute in Dunedin on Saturday remains in a serious but stable condition in Dunedin Hospital.

The driver of a speeding car which caught fire at the end of a bizarre police chase had to turn himself in after dense bush and gorse proved too rough, a witness says.

A driver speeding at 150km/h dropped a hitch-hiker off on the side of the road before continuing to flee police until his car caught fire.

Commuters in and around Auckland are being urged to show patience as traffic is hindered by several gridlocks.

Two motorcyclists are injured after their vehicles crashed in Taranaki today.

The driver of a car was lucky to escape alive after colliding with a tree this morning.

A person was shot several times by police in Waikato overnight after allegedly shooting at officers.

One person is dead after a car and Tauranga's mobile library bus crashed in Welcome Bay, as emergency services try to free another man still trapped.

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.

A man has turned himself in to police after a car ploughed into a Titirangi cafe last night.