An Australian cyclist has been seriously injured after he slipped on ice and was hit by a car.

An Auckland school is talking to its pupils this morning about traffic safety after two students were hit yesterday - one being pulled under a two-tonne truck.

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.

A driver turned right out of a pub carpark tonight, drove 50 metres before running a red light, crossing four lanes of traffic, and smashing into a Christchurch house.

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.

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.

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

A 17-year-old youth was cut from a vehicle after a three car crash on State Highway 57 near Linton this morning.

Two teenagers allegedly crashed a stolen car into the side of a building in Nelson overnight.

The Serious Crash Unit has been called in to investigate the fatal crash that claimed the life of kindergarten teacher Pam McGarva.

A man was killed after being hit by a car in Palmerston North early this morning.