Two teenagers have been injured after the van they were in crashed into a power pole north of Wellington today.

A proud family will farewell a 36-year-old Flaxmere man today, killed in a crash on Wednesday night after the driver missed a bend and crashed into a concrete power pole.

A 21-year-old man is in a serious condition after becoming trapped under a bus in Wellington early this morning.

'Her laugh is something I will never forget.' The former partner of a 25-year-old found dead in her crashed car after several days says she'll miss the love of her life.

A 23-month-old who died after being hit by a vehicle in the driveway of his South Auckland home may have been running to greet his father.

One person is dead following a crash on State Highway 30 this morning, the second fatal in the Eastern Bay in just over 12 hours.

A cyclist, a young pedestrian and a driver were killed and one person was seriously injured on the roads this weekend.

A teenager has died after being hit by a car in Canterbury.

A cyclist in her early 50s was killed when her bike and a semi-trailer truck collided in Palmerston North today.

A haulage driver and his son were lucky to escape alive after a horrific early-morning smash with a light truck, in which the driver died instantly,

One person has died in a serious truck crash in Northland this morning.

Evening peak-time traffic was diverted for more than two hours on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway yesterday after a truck leaked a 3km trail of paint.

Truckers want cycleways built with greater urgency after a 22-year-old student nurse cycling to work was killed under a truck in Christchurch this morning.

Five people were injured in a two-car crash in Wairarapa this morning.

A woman was seriously injured after a motorcycle slammed into a traffic light pole in Tauranga yesterday.

Auckland businessman Chris Heilbronn killed in motorcycle accident in Omaha.

The scene of a fatal collision between a car and a motorbike in the Bay of Plenty has been examined by police.