Three people are believed to be injured after a car flipped on a highway north of Auckland.

Alcohol has been ruled out as a factor in a fatal crash in the Bay of Plenty this morning, which killed an 18-month-old child.

A 36-year-old man from the United States was taken to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Great King St North early this morning.

A truck carrying prestressed concrete walls crashed south of Katikati at 7am, bringing down power lines.

A man has died after crashing his distinctive vehicle into a tree in Auckland yesterday.

A 32-year-old man has died after his vehicle and a truck and trailer unit collided near Tokoroa early today.

Auckland Transport is upgrading a Parnell intersection where a pedestrian was hit and killed by a truck this morning.

Stories of fatal crashes are told too often in New Zealand, and in the past six months there has been no shortage of examples.

Car rental companies and airlines could do more to advise tourists about driving in New Zealand, say a visiting American couple.

Four people have been injured in a collision on Dunedin's southern motorway, in which one of the vehicles may have been travelling in the wrong direction.

The first areas to get new digital speed cameras have been revealed by police. So where will the first 12 be located?

After her car hit black ice, plunging down a bank and sank into a pond, Helen Kay grabbed her cat and 'kicked the hell out of a window' to escape.

The driver of a campervan that allegedly crossed the centreline and crashed into an oncoming utility in the Coromandel on Friday night, killing an Auckland woman, has appeared in court.

The driver involved in a crash that killed 8-year-old Katikati girl Jasnoor Kaur has died.

A state highway was strewn with squash when a fully loaded truck and trailer unit carrying the vegetable overturned near Gisborne early this morning.

An unlicenced 16-year-old Dunedin youth is in hospital with a serious head injury after fleeing police in a high-speed pursuit.

Prime Minister John Key does not believe laws need to be tightened around tourists driving on New Zealand roads.

Two of this weekend's fatal crashes involved tourists.

A Dutch tourist has been charged after a crash in Canterbury that killed a mother and two young girls.

A woman whose vehicle was hit head-on by another travelling the wrong way on Auckland's southern motorway on Friday morning has died.

Three people were killed when a car careered into spectators at a road rally.

Three people have been killed in a crash near Rakaia. Details of the crash were still sketchy but Ashburton Police senior sergeant Scott Banfield confirmed three people had been killed and two injured. The crash occurred at the intersection of Thompsons Track and Somerton Road shortly before 4pm Saturday.