Two trucks are blocking State Highway 4 in the central North Island following a crash this morning.

One man has died after a head-on crash between two trucks in the Bay of Islands this morning.

The pair accused of bashing and abducting a man before stealing his car in the Kaimai Range - an event linked to the death of a Tauranga teen - will remain behind bars.

Whenever I see a white cross on the side of the road while I'm driving, it's a powerful reminder to take care.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital after reportedly being kidnapped and dragged behind a car in a domestic incident near Tokoroa this afternoon.

A woman was trapped when the car she was in left the road and crashed into some trees in Hamilton this morning.

A police campaign to reduce the number of people killed in truck accidents was only a few hours old when a "shocking" head-on collision killed a log-truck driver.

A logging truck driver was killed and another seriously injured when their rigs collided head-on inland from Tolaga Bay on the East Coast this afternoon.

A man was killed and four others injured, one critically, when a car hit a power pole in Northland last night.

A Queenstown policeman says more tourists seem to be driving poorly and coming to the attention of police.

Shocked teenage students have been fainting this week when shown graphic crash images at an education event aimed to encourage road safety.

A seriously injured driver lay trapped in his crashed truck across railway lines for more than an hour in Waikato last night.

A man is in hospital after his light truck crashed through a bridge barrier and tumbled four metres onto a stream bank in the Hawkes Bay.

Police need to be able to pursue drivers "otherwise we turn the roads over to the criminals," says New Zealand Police Association vice-president Stuart Mills.

Two people died in a four-car crash in Northland yesterday afternoon during a weekend of road carnage that claimed eight lives.

Was I hit by a car, Mum? Those were the first words Danielle Franklin heard her 9-year-old son say.

Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei.

Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a crash that claimed the lives of three young men in Auckland this morning.

An inquiry into the deaths of three people following a police pursuit found the chase should have been abandoned earlier, and the officer did not fully comply with policy.

One person has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries following a collision in Paekakariki, north of Porirua.