Two "lucky" women continue to recover in hospital today after surviving a head-on crash involving a convertible Audi on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last night.

A teenager killed in a car crash in Papakura has been remembered by grief-stricken friends and his rugby team.

A driver is trapped after a head-on collision on Tamaki Drive in Auckland this evening. Police and emergency services are at the scene and traffic is being diverted.

Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews yesterday did not have a licence.

Two children - a baby and an 11-year-old boy - and their young aunt were killed in a crash that also left their 6-year-old sister and a man fighting for their lives.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.

Several thousand litres of glue have spilled onto the road after two trucks collided on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei this morning.

There have been problems for Auckland commuters on the southern motorway this morning.

A group of children say they are grateful to their elderly school bus driver who managed to pull over safely after he was hit by a metal pole that flew through the windscreen.

A prominent Hawke's Bay barrister has admitted crashing into a vehicle driven by Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesman Garth McVicar.

A transport expert wants lower speed limits put in place for Christchurch's new inner city.

Long-awaited rainfall provided some respite for farmers but created trouble for drivers who were not used to the wet conditions.

An 18-year-old man is in Christchurch Hospital after being hit by a truck in Kaikoura this morning.

The father of a 15-year-old injured in a car accident in the early hours of last Sunday has lashed out at emergency services staff, accusing them of teenage accident fatigue.

A man is in critical condition after his campervan collided with a trailer on a bridge north of Auckland this afternoon. Both lanes remain closed to traffic.

A man is dead and two others have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a crash in Taupo early this morning.

The mother and cousin of two sisters killed in a Christmas Day car crash have been found not guilty of their manslaughter.

A cyclist was lucky to escape serious injury today after a collision with a bus in central Wellington.

The driver of a car which collided head-on with a ute on a Tauranga road, killing two teenage sisters, says the crash will stay with him for the rest of his life.

A mother accused of racing with two others moments before her daughters were killed in a crash has admitted she was speeding - but still denies being in a race.