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Head-on smash puts top cop in intensive care
A senior policewoman was seriously hurt in a head-on smash yesterday.
1000 fatal crashes, 1 warning
One of NZ's most experienced road policing officers has resigned, saying the job is taking too great a toll on his health.
Top cop badly hurt in horror crash
A senior Western Bay of Plenty police officer has been seriously hurt in a horror smash north of Te Puke this morning and a motorcyclist has died following a crash at Mount Maunganui yesterday.
Man charged over fatal van crash
Police have charged the 18-year-old driver of a van involved in a fatal crash near Rotorua in July.
The fair cop
The festive season is a time of excess. But as the country’s top traffic officer Paula Rose tells Alan Perrott, there is little cheer in counting its cost.
Crushed in body, but not spirit
She's lucky to be alive, but 12-year-old Jacqueline Wyatt will have to learn to walk again.
Three killed in weekend crashes
Three people have died on the roads so far this weekend in crashes near Wellsford, in the Far North and in west Auckland.
Tragedy on an ordinary day
Family members of the cyclists killed by a driver in Morrinsville just over a month ago share their stories of that fateful day.
Drink drive victim had beaten cancer
A 55-year-old woman had just beaten the cancer she had battled for 10 years when a teen, nearly five times over the youth drink driving limit, crossed the centre line and smashed into her car. He was jailed today.
Police breached pursuit policy - IPCA
Multiple breaches of police policy have been found in a pursuit where an officer was hit and seriously wounded by a drug-affected fleeing offender. The IPCA found a pursuing officer ignored two orders to abandon the chase.
Booze suspected in teen's car death
Witnesses to a fatal car crash in Auckland's Mission Bay heard a survivor scream, 'Bro, I told you not to speed'.
Teen girl dies in alcohol-fuelled road crash
An alcohol-fuelled Auckland road crash early this morning has left a teenage girl dead and three in shock.
'I hate myself' - cycle tragedy driver in court
A woman who lost control of her car and killed three cyclists says she hates herself for what happened.
Dead teen driver was runaway, CYF reveals
The 13-year-old killed when he drove into a fence had been hidden by his family after running away from a caregiver.
Teen died instantly in horrific Auckland crash - police
Driver error may have resulted in the death of a 13-year-old driver in south Auckland this morning, say police.