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One person dies after crash in Hawke's Bay

One person had died and another is injured following a road crash in central Hawke's Bay.

2 seriously injured in Canterbury car crash

Badly hurt woman was dragged by car, not hit

A woman almost killed when she was dragged 60m behind a vehicle in South Auckland was not the victim of a hit-and-run as first suspected.

Policy on police pursuit into no-exit streets needs review - coroner

Boy dies in farm accident

A two-year-old boy has died in a farm accident inland from Gisborne after falling from a utility vehicle.

One person seriously injured after crash in Bay of Plenty

One person was seriously injured when a ute and a milk tanker crashed in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

Toddler dies after fall from truck

Learner drivers: A third fail theory test

One in three aspiring drivers are failing their learner licence theory test, new figures reveal, but that's actually an improvement.

14-year-old killed in crash near Turangi named

The 14-year-old killed in a crash near Turangi on Sunday has been name as Roman Biddle from Taupo.

Girl hit by car outside school in Rangiora

A 5-year-old girl was hit by a car outside a school in Rangiora, north of Christchurch, this morning.

Crash girls keen to get back on bikes

Fifteen-year-old Brigitte Allan watched helplessly as her older sister and fellow cyclist Maggie collided with a van during a training ride, followed by four of their friends.

Victim called out for mum

A young woman dragged for more than 50 metres by a hit-and-run driver in south Auckland kept calling for her mum as two good Samaritans tried to comfort her.

Hit & run: Woman dragged

A young woman may have been dragged 50 metres by a hit and run driver early this morning, police say.

Miracle escape in fog crash

It was truly miraculous that a series of accidents involving some 130 cars on a fog-shrouded bridge in Kent did not result in deaths, British police said.

Hard road to recovery

As Father's Days go, Robyn Cameron cannot remember one more low-key, or more precious.

Traffic backed up for 14km on SH1

Six people have been injured during two crashes near Huntly, one of them seriously. Traffic has been backed up on State Highway One for 14 kms.

Car crashes into Lower Hutt house

Heist crash: I was 'clobbered'

Hugh Foster faces an eight-week hospital stay after two alleged bank robbers in a stolen car smashed into the back of his ute on the Southern Motorway.