Two people have died in separate crashes on Canterbury roads in the past 24 hours, taking the Easter Weekend road toll to four.

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.

A horse that had to be destroyed after being hit by a car in Christchurch belonged to a local man who frequently travelled around the city centre with two horses, police say.

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.

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

A school principal who jumped into a moving truck when its driver had passed out, received special recognition for his efforts today.

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.