The development of a code of practice to better screen and educate tourist drivers is being closely watched by the Government.

Tempers are boiling over at an Auckland school's gates as a neighbouring retired police officer takes on drivers he believes are endangering children's lives.

New Zealanders tell us what they love about life in New Zealand - and what needs to change.

Facing a parliamentary select committee at the age of 10 and under the gaze of television cameras caused a few nerves, Sean Roberts admitted afterwards.

Moves to prevent crashes involving foreign drivers have been encouraging but need to go further, say two boys who lost their father in such an accident.

A teenage driver who allegedly sped along Auckland motorways against traffic flow has been caught by police using CCTV.

Name suppression has lapsed for the Chinese man charged with causing the death of an Oamaru 5-year-old in a crash near Moeraki.

Two new South Otago initiatives aim to help visiting international drivers negotiate New Zealand roads safely - and neither involves key-snatching.

The driver of a Toyota Starlet who died in a crash at Maraetai early yesterday morning has been named by police.

Police say it is pure luck no one was killed south of Hokitika over weekend after three motorists were caught speeding in separate incidents of more than 160km/h.

New Zealand, we need to have a little chat, because it probably shouldn't be up to you to steal visitors' keys, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

The heartbroken father of Ruby Jay Marris wants the Government to get tough on tourist drivers.

A man caught driving at speeds up to 171km/h on Wednesday was stopped by police again yesterday.

No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.

WorkSafe and police are investigating a crash in which a woman on a motorbike was killed at a road works site.

A "wannabe stuntman" who goes by the moniker 'Johnny Danger' will go to trial after denying allegations he surfed on top of a taxi as it crossed the Harbour Bridge.

A British holidaymaker who has been fined for ''grossly excessive speeding'', at a time when tourist drivers are under scrutiny, teaches driving skills to police officers.

Unconnected calls to *555 on Saturday night were because of ''unprecedented demand'', police say.

A spate of accidents involving tourist drivers this summer has led to several incidents in which South Island residents have stopped drivers and confiscated their keys.

An incensed Dunedin man took car keys from a tourist who had stopped to take photos on Otago Peninsula, causing eight vehicles to back up on the narrow road.

The road zigs left, then right, like a river winding around the mountain. There's only a ruler length between you and the edge, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes.

A Japanese tourist was critically injured when his rental car and a truck collided near Christchurch today.

Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".

The father of a girl killed in a crash caused by a Dutch businessman says safety messages are not getting through to tourist drivers.

A British tourist hopes his near-death experience at the hands of a foreign driver prevents a repeat of the crash that killed a 5-year-old Oamaru girl.

A Haast woman who confiscated the car keys from a Chinese tourist driving badly at Franz Josef Glacier says she did what any responsible citizen would do.

Tourists who've had their rental car agreements cancelled for dodgy driving could soon be blacklisted from hiring vehicles in New Zealand.

Drastic action by a person who flagged down a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road and confiscated their car keys yesterday is being investigated by police.