A man has told how he avoided a vehicle that had crossed the centre line only to discover minutes later it had ploughed into the car his wife was driving, killing her.

Queenstown's adventure tourism community is reeling following the death of AJ Hackett Bungy's group logistic manager Tony Middendorf.

A husband watched in horror as an oncoming car smashed head-on into his wife's vehicle, travelling behind his.

Police said the collision involved multiple cars and occurred at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Richards Rd in Hikurangi.

An immigrant taxi driver charged with careless driving after his wife lost their unborn baby in an accident says he still has faith in the New Zealand justice system.

Rutger Hale and Danielle Oylear's love story began with a chance meeting in a bar, but it was a cruel twist that tore them apart, his funeral service was told yesterday.

A 50-year-old tourist who died after being hit by a car in Queenstown last night had gone outside to look at the stars, police said.

The father of a promising young rugby player has described how he could only tell his son to "hang on, mate" as he lay dying on a roadside early yesterday.

A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in East Auckland yesterday after colliding with a vehicle and being flipped into the path of another rider.

Hopes for the first-ever Labour Weekend without a single road fatality were dashed when a 16-year-old boy was killed in the Bay of Plenty early this morning.

A zero road toll this Labour weekend would break a 36-year record, but police say it's not just the number of fatalities they want to cut.

A fleeing driver rammed a police patrol car then crashed into the back of a roadworks truck following a dramatic pursuit involving armed police.

A taxi has smashed into a south Auckland driveway after being hit by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road.

A motorcyclist was found dead yesterday after failing to return home from a motorcycle ride late on Saturday afternoon between Glenfield in Auckland and Warkworth.

The number of fatal truck crashes has dropped over the past decade, from a peak of 81 in 2004 to 46 last year, a decrease the New Zealand Transport Agency is celebrating.

A late-model Aston Martin worth as much as $330,000 did not look so luxurious after crashing into a lamp post on Auckland's waterfront early yesterday.

There has been a second crash on the stretch of southern motorway this afternoon, where traffic is backed up from Manurewa to Manukau.

A collision between a bus and a car on Auckland's North Shore has left one person with serious injuries.

Three Boston University students who died after a car crash near Taupo would likely have survived were they wearing seatbelts, a coroner has found.

One person is in a life-threatening condition following a road smash in South Waikato.

A 6-year-old girl and her 18-month-old sister were trapped helplessly for hours in the wreckage of their car, alongside their mum who would die of her injuries.