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.

A woman with a sleeping disorder managed to drive from Hamilton to Mt Maunganui via Auckland overnight - an event which police say could've had a tragic ending.

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.

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.

A 14-year-old boy is in hospital with serious spinal injuries after an erratic driver hit three cars on Auckland's North Shore last night.

Two teenagers have appeared in an Auckland court charged with manslaughter over an alleged street race which caused the death of another teen.

A woman had to be cut from her vehicle after a head on crash near Paengaroa in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

A teenage boy was killed when he was hit by a car driven by his friends while playing a game of "possum" on a west Auckland road yesterday, says a resident.

At least one person has sustained serious injuries after a loaded campervan and a small truck collided in the Tasman region.

The drowsy driver who caused a head-on smash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard has been left "totally shocked" by today's guilty decision.

Andy Earl, the driver accused of causing the fatal head-on car crash that killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard, has been found guilty.

A trapped woman was rescued from a car after a crash which spilled hazardous paint over a west Auckland road this morning.

A Christchurch cyclist has spent some time under an 18-wheeler truck this morning after being hit at a busy intersection.