A serious motorbike crash has closed State Highway One in North Canterbury this afternoon.

The NZ Transport Agency is planning to reopen two westbound lanes of Auckland's Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16) at 10.30am today.

A family still grieving over three youngsters killed in a horrific crash six months ago are again in mourning after another relative died when her car hit a power pole.

Taking a sick baby to hospital led to a lucky escape for a young woman after a car smashed into her bedroom.

A young man ran to the aid of three teenagers who crashed into a house in south Auckland this morning, but was unable to save the driver.

One person was killed after two cars collided in Whangarei this morning. It was the third fatal crash of the day after two people died in crashes in Warkworth and Otara earlier this morning.

A woman, critically injured when a cattle truck rolled and crushed a car north of Wellsford yesterday, is now in a serious but stable condition, a spokesman for Auckland City Hospital says.

A person has been critically injured after a truck carrying livestock rolled on their car north of Wellsford late this afternoon.

A woman killed in an early morning crash which also left three others injured may have been driving under 50km/h, police said.

A coroner has slammed police's attempts to locate a troubled teenager who ran away from foster care before being killed in a car crash.

A car ended up on its side after crashing into a pedestrian crossing pole in Upper Hutt this afternoon - after the driver tried to fend off a bee.

A series of crashes involving trucks has kept emergency services busy around the North Island today.

Police were en route to intercept a car driving the wrong way on Auckland's northwestern motorway this morning before the vehicle collided with another car.

A coroner finds the death of a toddler accidentally run over by his father highlights the "inherent risks" associated with children playing in areas used by vehicles.

A woman has died after being hit by a vehicle in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn last night.

KiwiRail has ruled out installing a barrier on a rail level crossing near Auckland where a woman and three girls were injured after their car collided with a train this morning.

One person died and five others were injured in crashes across the country over the weekend.

A car slid 80m before smashing into two cars that had already crashed on a busy highway yesterday, leaving one passenger dead and three others injured.

Who in our picture should always ride in a booster seat? According to new laws due in four weeks, just a couple of them.

Alcohol is thought to have been a factor in this morning's crash that injured eight people and blocked the main route to Auckland airport for hours.

A vehicle's collision with a cow north of Huntly has closed a section of road running adjacent to the Waikato expressway.

One person had died and another is injured following a road crash in central Hawke's Bay.

A woman almost killed when she was dragged 60m behind a vehicle in South Auckland was not the victim of a hit-and-run as first suspected.