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.

A "distraught" father searched along a Waikato road for hours, before finding his partner's car had gone over a bank, killing her and injuring their two children.

The drowsy driver who caused a head-on smash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard has been fined $2500.

A truck driver thought he'd killed a motorcyclist when he lost control on a Canterbury bridge this morning, sending the rider plummeting into the freezing river below.

It's four years to the day since 62-year-old cyclist Dr Graham Robinson was killed in hit-and-run, and police have launched a new appeal for help.

Expert crash investigators will go head-to-head this week, arguing in court whether a taxi driver is guilty of careless driving causing the death of his unborn baby.

Trainee journalist Zac Fleming was on his way to work at the Herald on Sunday when he almost became the latest car fatality. He tells his story.

An expectant mum who miscarried after a car crash in Auckland is furious the driver at fault escaped with what she sees as only a slap on the wrist.

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 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.

It's only 20 kilometres long and three kilometres wide, but two cars on Matakana Island managed to crash into each other early this morning.

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.