Two motorists had to be cut from their cars after a serious crash in Christchurch last night.

Two people are dead after the van they were in left the road north-west of Auckland early this morning.

A Kaitaia man accused of murdering a 28-year-old woman during a road vehicle incident on Tuesday will defend the charge.

A man who admitted careless driving, causing the death of a Hamilton cyclist had his sentencing delayed when he appeared in court this morning.

A man was killed when his car crashed into a power pole south of Auckland yesterday.

A woman was injured when her car hit a bank and rolled as a result of another vehicle dangerously changing lanes yesterday.

Police are treating the death of a woman who was run over by a vehicle near Kaitaia this morning as a homicide.

The Desert Road is expected to be blocked for several hours this morning after a truck has rolled.

A bus carrying 27 passengers rolled last night as its driver apparently tried to avoid a truck, leaving six people in hospital.

A 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman are dead after a crash in south Canterbury.

A motorist has died and several others are injured after a crash near Rotorua this morning.

Police are fighting to keep a sleep-driver off the road after she travelled more than 300km in five hours, but had no recollection of the journey.

Police divers have arrived to look for the driver of a van which plunged into Tauranga Harbour yesterday, as an officer who helped save a passenger is praised.

A police officer risked his own life to save a person from a river after a vehicle went off a bridge near Tauranga this evening.

A 21-year-old Christchurch man killed while riding in a buggy yesterday afternoon may not have been wearing a seat belt.

One person has died after crashing their car in a ditch overnight. Police found the man, near Te Te Aroha in the Matamata-Piako district, Waikato just after midnight.

A man accused of colliding with a group of cyclists near Hamilton last month - killing one and injuring two others - will plead guilty, his lawyer says.

The driver of an overloaded quad bike who crashed, seriously injuring his 6-year-old daughter, has avoided a prison sentence to help prevent his daughter suffering any further trauma.

Eight people have been taken to hospital – two with serious injuries – after two cars collided on the outskirts of Hamilton this morning.