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.

A cyclist has been struck and killed by a truck near Taupo.

Firefighters had to pull a chunk of metal wedged into a man's leg in order to remove him from a wrecked campervan north of Auckland yesterday.

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

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.

A 9-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a car overtaking on the inside of a queue of heavy traffic in South Auckland last night.

A group of teen girls who allegedly caused mayhem at an Auckland cafe before crashing a stolen car in a police pursuit will be spoken to before charges are laid.

The second of four teenage girls injured in a crash during a high-speed police pursuit in Auckland has been discharged from hospital.

A 15-year-old driver reached speeds of 130km/h in a stolen car while fleeing from police in Tauranga overnight.

The teen girl behind the wheel of a car that crashed during a police pursuit has been discharged from hospital while one of her passengers fights for her life.

In their final moments, two teenage sisters sat together in the back of a speeding car on their way to a family cemetery - one pleading with the driver to slow down.

"Alcohol-fuelled madness" on a Tauranga road led to the deaths of two young teens on Christmas Day 2011, a court has been told.

Two of four teenage girls involved in a crash during a police pursuit late on Sunday remain in a critical condition in Auckland City Hospital.

Police say they are "comfortable" with the actions of officers involved in a one-minute pursuit that resulted in four teenage girls fighting for their lives in hospital.

The parents of three-year-old Aiden Lints were told he would never walk again after a major car crash, but the determined toddler is putting one leg in front of the other.