Police have released the names of the two people who were killed in a motor vehicle crash at Bankside, south of Dunsandel, on Monday.

The driver of a vehicle that crashed in Samoa - killing two Kiwi men - is set to face charges later this week.

Police have warned summer drivers caught over the reduced speed tolerance of 4km/h in December and January to be prepared for the consequences.

A night out in Samoa ended in tragedy for two Kiwi men who were killed in a car accident.

Rutger Hale did not particularly like hot, sunny days. So cool, breezy conditions at Lake Hawea yesterday were perfect for his memorial service.

Singer Willie Nelson has suspended his tour after three members of his band were hurt when their bus plowed into a bridge pillar in East Texas during rainy conditions.

Rush hour traffic has ground to a halt in Auckland this evening after serious crashes on both the Southern and Northern Motorways and a major arterial road. Two cars collided on Tamaki Drive near the Parnell Pool this afternoon, police said. The road was closed to all traffic between The Strand and Ngapipi Road.

A truck driver was trapped in his cab for more than an hour after crashing into a rock wall north of Nelson overnight.

A man is dead after his car rolled multiple times yesterday.

A man was critically injured when his motorbike struck a sheep on a road south of Hastings yesterday.

A drunk driver breezed through a police breath test despite being almost four times over the drink-drive limit - and was killed in a crash shortly afterwards.

A teenager who stole a car, got involved in a police chase before smashing head-on into another car caused the accident that killed him, an independent watchdog finds.

Police are looking for youths seen throwing rocks off a motorway overbridge at cars, as forensic tests get underway on an object that killed driver Rutger Hale.

Scenes of destruction in Christchurch are unfortunately nothing new - but how this house came to be ruined is somewhat novel.

Motorists are being told to expect delays around Matamata this morning after a heavy truck and trailer rolled in the early hours of this morning.

Concern over safety of Kmart bicycle after wheel buckles, tossing woman in front of car

A motorcyclist died when a vehicle collided with a group of bikers near Rotorua yesterday afternoon.

When Elliot Ikilei spotted a small car broken down on the fast lane of a busy Auckland motorway, he knew he had to help get its occupants out fast.

A Swedish woman working in New Zealand as a horse trainer has been sentenced to community work for causing a crash that killed a 50-year-old motorcyclist.