A cyclist hit and killed by a car in east Christchurch yesterday has been named by police.

A male cyclist is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Christchurch this afternoon.

Emergency services say it is a miracle that a Napier man walked away with minor injuries from a serious truck crash near Gisborne yesterday.

A driver is trapped after a head-on collision on Tamaki Drive in Auckland this evening. Police and emergency services are at the scene and traffic is being diverted.

The sister of a woman killed in a cycling accident has made an emotional plea at her funeral for motorists to share the road with cyclists.

A cyclist has been struck and killed by a truck near Taupo.

Firefighters had to pull a chunk of metal wedged into a man's leg in order to remove him from a wrecked campervan north of Auckland yesterday.

A man is in critical condition after his campervan collided with a trailer on a bridge north of Auckland this afternoon. Both lanes remain closed to traffic.

One person is dead after a car crash north of Christchurch early this morning.

Optometrists are calling on cyclists to wear reflective bands on their ankles and knees because traditional reflector vests are not safe enough at night.

An elderly man has died and two others have been cut from the wreckage of a two-car crash north of Christchurch this afternoon.

An Auckland teenage driver has appeared in court today charged with causing the death of a passenger who died after he was impaled on a metal rod.

Crossing the road is among the most dangerous of everyday activities - and police say even the slightest loss of concentration could have disastrous, if not fatal, results.

A man remains in critical condition after he was cut from the wreckage of his car following a serious crash in Southland.

A rockfall at Ruamahunga Bay on the Thames Coast Road SH25 has closed the road overnight and another large slip has disrupted traffic on the Karangahake Gorge road SH2. Video / Facebook - Thames-Coromandel District Council

Kiwi motorists are among the most likely to die on roads, despite having one of the more frequent road-testing regimes in the world, reports show.