One person is dead following a crash on State Highway 30 this morning, the second fatal in the Eastern Bay in just over 12 hours.

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 haulage driver and his son were lucky to escape alive after a horrific early-morning smash with a light truck, in which the driver died instantly,

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.

The scene of a fatal collision between a car and a motorbike in the Bay of Plenty has been examined by police.

A man has died in a crash in Northland this morning.

Three people were injured after a car crashed into a power pole this morning, causing a fire.

One person has died in a crash on State Highway 5 between Taupo and Rotorua.

A heavy backlog of traffic is expected this morning as a major route to Auckland Airport is closed following the fatal crash of a lorry overnight.

The unborn baby of a woman who was 38-weeks pregnant has died after a Hawke's Bay car crash described as the 'ride from hell'.

Police have praised contractors and emergency workers who freed two men trapped in a truck after it crashed north of Horsham Downs in Waikato yesterday.