Waitomo crash survivor Kirsten Steinke is on her way home to Colorado after a month in hospital following the crash that killed her new husband.

Mystery surrounds the removal of a hit-and-run victim's body to a site 10km from where she was hit while jogging.

The country's top road cop says the road toll of seven so far this Labour Weekend is disappointing.

Two mothers are among the victims of a horrific holiday weekend on the roads - one dying in a fiery crash caused by a suspected drink driver, the other in a hit and run.

Police have named one of the people killed in the Gisborne car accident in which three others also died last night.

Milk tankers stopped collecting milk in the Far North after a 14-year-old boy was killed when his bicycle collided with a Fonterra tanker.

A truck's cab bursted into flames while travelling along Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning, causing major traffic delays.

Police have now cleared the scene after a truck caught fire on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

The uncle of a late night hit and run victim believes the teenager who today pleaded guilty to killing him should go to jail for a long time.

A teenager has pleaded guilty to a late night hit and run in Christchurch last month, which killed one person and injured another.

Relatives of a 14-year-old cyclist were first on the scene after a fatal collision between the teenager and a milk tanker in Northland.

Evening of darts turns to tragedy after pensioner struck by car.

A woman who was lost on the Rimutaka Hill for at least eight hours after her car veered off the road last night was "remarkably'' uninjured.