Focus: Timaru tragedy - Father on the loss of his son
Focus: Timaru tragedy - Father on the loss of his son
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Truck driver loses licence over $140k trail of drunken carnage
Truck driver loses licence over $140k trail of drunken carnage. Video / ODT
'This pain is unbearable': Rousing haka for Sean Wainui's whānau as final journey to tangi begins
'Bringing you home now baby'.
'Always a Chief': $171,000 raised for Sean Wainui's young family
Sean Wainui, 25, died in a single-vehicle crash on Monday.
Rock shelter protects truckie from falling boulders in Arthurs Pass
Boulders up to 1m in size tumbled onto the road.
Freak crash: Trailer comes off car on bridge, hitting car going other way
Freak crash injures two and causes large traffic build ups in both directions.
Speeding car's driver flees checkpoint, rolls and crashes
The driver burst through Auckland's southern border before being spiked by police, rolling and crashing the car near the Waterview Tunnel. Video / NZ Herald
Mad Max on Ice: Antarctic traverse team prepare for world's toughest roady
It's two weeks in either direction, towing 60 tons of equipment.
Woman almost crushed by toppled pole in Dunedin
A woman narrowly missed being crushed by a lamppost as she was loading shopping into her car at a Dunedin supermarket. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Gregor Richardson / The South Today
Cop knocked out, man runs amok in Auckland motorway traffic
A police officer was knocked out in the struggle.
Aussie ute driver survives mad dash across seven lanes of traffic
The Aussie ute driver survived a mad dash across seven lanes of traffic. Video / NT Police
Bikers take over Central Auckland streets
Motorbikes and dirt bikes were filmed taking over Central Auckland streets and riding up onto footpaths on Saturday morning. Video / Supplied
Focus: Parents' anguish after both sons die in crashes, one year apart
Parents Moe and Michelle have lost both sons Jake and Kalvin Hamilton when they died in car accidents one year apart. Video / Dean Purcell
Focus: Fatal crash on Mt. Wellington Highway
Emergency services responded to the scene of a fatal crash in Mt. Wellington on Thursday night. Video / Supplied
Chris Hyde: It's time to give Waka Kotahi some credit
EDITORIAL: If there's one thing Hawke's Bay drivers hate being told, it's to drive safely.
Northland police investigating after boy, hit by truck and critically injured
Pedestrian safety on that stretch of SH10 was a hot topic even before Tuesday's accident.
AT proposes speed limit changes to 800 Auckland roads
Of the 800 roads, over half of the roads are near 57 Auckland schools.
Two dead, two critical after serious crash south of Whanganui
The crash occurred around 5:30pm on Thursday evening.
Two cranes needed to remove truck that fell off Wellington street
The driver 'abandoned ship' when the truck started drifting backwards.
'It is miracle stuff': Couple escape injury after car smashes into building
Steel beams smashed through the couple's front windscreen.
Road deaths soar in Auckland after bold new safety plan kicks in
In the first year of the Vision Zero programme road deaths rose from 29 to 56.
Motorcyclist: 'I went under her car and was spat out the back'
Doctors told Dave Gaffar's family they didn't know if he'd survive his injuries.
'Sweetest cousins': Tributes for pair killed in Henderson crash
Two people died after a car crashed into a pole in Henderson Valley on Wednesday.
What's bright and pointy and popping up everywhere? Traffic cones
About 2000 traffic cones are being used at the southern checkpoints on SH1 and SH2.
Focus: Two dead after high speed crash in Henderson
Two people are dead and two others injured after the car struck a power pole on Henderson Valley Road. Video / NZ Herald
Train derailed, large slip blocks SH1 north of Wellington
Work is under way to clear the slip from the southbound lane.
Revealed: Fleeing driver incidents double in a decade
Seventy-seven people have died in fleeing driver incidents since 2010.
Grieving dad of teen smash victims 'understands' Timaru crash families' loss
A grieving father feels for the parents of five teen boys killed in a fatal crash.
Distraught Timaru dad: 'I can't paint a car for him so I'll paint his coffin'
The family of a Timaru teen killed in a horror crash on Saturday pay tribute to their boy.
'Playing chicken': Train driver recounts close calls at level crossings
Train driver: What's so important that you have to risk your life to run a level crossing?
Timaru fatal crash: Dad 'heartbroken'; driver posts apology from hospital bed
Friends and family are paying tribute to five teens killed in a horrific crash in Timaru.
Focus: Police talk to media regarding Timaru crash that killed 5 boys
Timaru crash: Five dead, driver stable - all local teenage boys. Video / George Heard
Dashcam footage of snowy conditions in the South Island
Dashcam video of 4WD sliding out on road between Tekapo and Twizel. Video / Takuto Matsuda / Angela Stephens
Five teens killed in overloaded, speeding car; one found in boot
"It is a tragedy and it will reverberate around our community for a long time."