A truck driver who escaped after crashing into a cold, fast-flowing creek is "a lucky boy", firefighters say.

Rising rivers have caused State Highway 2 to be closed overnight between Napier and Wairoa.

A 4-wheel-drive came off the road at an intersection - plunging down into the backyard of a home, narrowly missing the kitchen window.

A serious collision between a car and truck has forced State Highway 1 to close through Te Horo, south of Otaki.

Motorists are being advised to expect delays after an earlier crash on the Northwestern Motorway.

Auckland Transport has done a 180 on more than two dozen fines issued in a 2am parking blitz.

A car has hit a pole in a crash that closed a part of State Highway 1B near Gordonton.

He was 44-year-old Pradeep Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka.

The crash involved two vehicles, and the male driver of one of the vehicles died in the collision, police said.

The crash between a van and people mover vehicle ended up with the van on the footpath.

Auckland Transport should have exercised discretion before ticketing 27 residents at 2am for parking with two wheels on the kerb of a narrow Auckland street, says the Automobile Association.

Residents of two narrow Auckland streets are furious that council parking wardens fined 27 of them in a 2am blitz on cars with two wheels on the kerb.

We've already got congestion, but wait and see what we'll get if the Government drags its heels on the rail link, writes Brian Rudman.

Commuters heading into Auckland from the North Shore are in for a slow trip this morning, as an oil spill slows traffic.

State Highway 1 at Huntly will be closed for five hours on Sunday night.

Two trucks have crashed on State Highway 1 in Waikato, spilling some of their loads and prompting police to put diversions in place.

Two trucks have crashed in southeast Auckland, causing major traffic delays, police say.

A breakdown on the North Western motorway has caused problems for Auckland commuters this morning.

A man has been taken to hospital after a crash between a motorcycle and a utility vehicle this morning.

Major traffic delays are expected in the central North Island after the closure of two main traffic routes.

Working nine to five may have been the standard a few decades ago - and the subject of a popular Dolly Parton ditty - but 21st century employees are increasingly able to negotiate flexibility in their daily routine.

Emergency services were called to the crash but were unable to save the man who died at the scene shortly afterwards.

Morning commuters faced motorway mayhem in Auckland after a series of breakdowns and accidents.

Central Dunedin residents have told how they were woken by a sickening T-bone crash in which a teenager was killed early this morning.

A diesel spill stretching for about 15km on a Northland road has been mopped up this morning.

Writer ridiculed for comparing breath test by New Zealand police to race case in US says she was just starting a conversation about civil liberties.

Huffington Post writer under fire for comparing being pulled over by cops in Timaru for speeding to death of black driver in Texas.

A motorcycle and car have collided on the Northern Motorway this morning, slowing down the commute for city-bound drivers.

The 66-year-old man was rushed to Waikato Hospital after he was involved in a head-on collision with a car at 1.20pm, but died in hospital early this evening.

A car has crashed into a bus-stop on the corner of Albert Street and Wyndham Street in Auckland’s CBD this morning.