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'Ghost bikes' grim reminder of deaths
Motorists impatient with cyclists should watch out for a ghostly spectre as they drive past the scene of a fatal bike crash.
Couple united by their scars
They may not be able to exchange wedding rings, but a couple who survived a four-car smash will be united forever by matching scars.
Pair critically hurt as crash chops car in half
Two Auckland men were critically injured when their car was cut in two in a high-speed head-on collision with a truck yesterday.
Two critical after car and rubbish truck collide
Alcohol and speed appear to have been factors in a crash which left two people critically injured on Auckland's North Shore today, police say.
AA: Safer roads, cars will reduce toll
Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.
Campground cliff plunge victim named
Police have named the 19-year-old who died when he was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the Pinewoods Motor Park in Red Beach, north of Auckland, early this morning.
Fleeing teen made 'fatal decision'
The death of a 15-year-old driver who fled from police this morning was 'completely avoidable', say police. Timoti Mohi was driving a stolen car when he failed to stop for police and drove off at speeds of up to 180km/h.
Cliff plunge victim thrown from car
Campers at a coastal campground north of Auckland are in shock after a teenager was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the campground early this morning.
No rise in road toll but no cause to celebrate
Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.
Death after police pursuit
The holiday road toll stands at 13, the same as last year, following two fatal crashes in Auckland overnight.
Medical condition may have caused crash
An elderly man is dead after his car swerved into a park van in Papakura, south of Auckland - but he may not be added to the holiday road toll, which now stands at 11.
Police pursuit ends in crash
A fleeing driver was taken to hospital after crashing near central Auckland.
Holiday toll hits 11 with 2 days to go
A motorcyclist was killed yesterday on the Coromandel Peninsula and a motorist died in Marlborough last night, taking the holiday road toll to 11.
Holiday road toll climbs to 10
The death of a man hurt in a Waikato crash has brought the holiday road toll to 10. A 20-year-old died of his injuries about 4pm in Waikato Hospital. A car he was in yesterday hit a van carrying five disabled children on SH1.
Motorbike crash brings toll to nine
The holiday road toll has risen to nine following a crash involving two motorcycles on the Coromandel peninsula this afternoon.
Opotiki crash brings toll to eight
The holiday road toll now stands at eight following a crash in Opotiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty this evening in which a man died after being flung through the windscreen of a car.