A woman suffered serious injuries when her car crashed down a 30-metre bank and landed in a swamp in South Taranaki.

A 24-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car in Wellington in the early hours of this morning.

Riandri De Bruyn will never forget the night of the crash. She and her friends were at a party in Auckland's Glen Innes, at the home of a friend of Riandri's older brother, Chris.

A serious crash has injured two people - one critically - and closed part of State Highway 1 just north of Warkworth.

A 30-year-old man has died following a motorbike crash in Dannevirke overnight.

A motorcyclist had a lucky escape after crashing off his bike and skidding beneath a truck in Tairua.

A woman spent two hours trapped in a car as rescuers desperately tried to free her - without dislodging it from a perch 30m below a Q'town road.

Two people have suffered from moderate injuries after their vehicles crashed on State Highway 3 in Taranaki early this morning.

A woman has admitted causing the death of popular Auckland business leader Chris Heilbronn in a road smash.

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.

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

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.

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.