Police communications staff who incorrectly blamed a truck driver for causing a smash on the Southern Motorway have confirmed they never checked the crash file.

A cyclist, a young pedestrian and a driver were killed and one person was seriously injured on the roads this weekend.

His farm-registered SUV and makeshift lean-to with rudimentary kitchen shelves has occupied a prime corner of Auckland's waterfront for more than a year.

The glitzy showroom on Sydney's York Street has housed its fair share of luxury cars. Today, however, it's home to a bevy of smashed-up motors.

Government will introduce a "one-strike" policy for suspected drink-drivers who evade prosecution because medical staff cannot extract a blood sample.

Six people have died in accidents involving motor vehicles over the weekend, three of them motorcyclists.

Every year at this time schools run an awareness safety programme when it comes to dropping off and picking up kids, writes John Dybvig.

At least one young Kiwi motorist will die on a New Zealand road this week.

If it was harder for young people to get a driver's licence, families like the Roberts would not have to live every day in anguish.

Champion motorsport ace Greg Murphy says New Zealanders are "terrible" drivers and the country has a culture where road safety isn't taken seriously.

A principal says her college will keep promoting safety messages to young people after seven teenagers were involved in a serious crash.

An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.

Driver licence application forms are being reviewed after a Chinese woman found herself uninsured in a crash.

The extension of the cycling network along the busy Dominion Road in Auckland has come one pedal rotation closer, with the New Zealand Transport Agency's approval to spend $3.2 million on the project.

Witnesses have described a woman's incredible courage after her leg was almost severed by the rear tray of a reversing truck.

Sheep run-a-muck at a Glenfield intersection in Auckland. Video courtesy of NZ Herald reader Harrison Clarke.

Tina McCullough doesn't cycle much now - she hasn't had the confidence since her sister Jane Farrelly was killed last year.

The country's most dangerous rail crossings - including one in Auckland - have been revealed as authorities plead with motorists to take care following a spate of near collisions.

A terrified young man was forced to drive for more than 1km at gunpoint when a man fleeing police hijacked his car at traffic lights.

King tides are due to wash up on Auckland's shores just after 10am today, and the New Zealand Transport Agency is warning people to take extra care on coastal roads.