Two children badly injured in a fatal crash in the Bay of Plenty may be taken to Auckland's Starship Hospital for further treatment.

A loving 28-year-old father who fell from his motorcycle in Waipukurau nine days ago has passed away in Wellington Hospital.

A woman who drank a bottle of wine before crashing head-on into an elderly couple, leaving them life-threatening injuries, is sentenced to 8 months home detention.

In the aftermath of a violent head-on smash, with her youngest child screaming for "mummy", Debbie Bell looked at her legs and knew she was in trouble.

A woman has been killed in a crash near Kaiapoi in north Canterbury this morning.

One man remained in a critical condition at Hawke's Bay Hospital this morning after collision between a van and a logging truck in Hawkes Bay yesterday.

A 19-year-old has died after the car he was in, which was carrying four others, crashed south of Dunedin early today.

A young mother-of-four who "lived every day for her babies" was yesterday farewelled in a moving, tear-filled ceremony after she was killed on a notorious stretch of highway.

Three lives have been claimed on the Riversdale-Waikaia Road in Southland late last night, according to police.

There will be delays tonight for motorists using Auckland's North Western motorway as work begins to repair damage caused by a serious crash this morning.

A woman has described how a man bounced off the front of her car and on to her windscreen before rolling under a bus.

A former top police crash investigator was involved in a head-on smash in almost the exact spot where mother-of-four Lysette Brown was killed on Monday.

Police are warning drivers to pay attention on rural roads after a head-on collision near Paeroa yesterday morning.

Police investigating a fatal west Auckland car crash are looking into whether one car cutting off another began a deadly chain of events.

An elderly man who died after crashing his car into a tree in Auckland two days ago has been identified as Robert Nikora, 74, of Papatoetoe.

The husband of a woman killed in a four-car crash begged her to wake up and get off the road as their young son screamed in agony

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.