One person died after a crash on State Highway 2 by the Karangahake Gorge at the southern end of the Coromandel Peninsula at about 6.30pm yesterday evening.
A tourist bus crash in a remote area of Southland, near Te Anau, which injured 15 is a telling example of why a rescue helicopter must continue to be based in the town, a local farmer says.
A Dunedin man has described coming across the horrific crash scene where two people died north of Oamaru, on Boxing Day.
Two people are dead after separate accidents - one in the South Island, one in the North Island - this morning.
The holiday road toll has risen to four following a two-car crash in Southland today.
An elderly motorist has died after driving through an intersection near Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch, this afternoon.
A woman sustained serious injuries when her car became trapped between two trucks in Christchurch this morning.
One motocross rider has died after colliding head-on at speed with another rider on a dark shingle road, after they had left a party in North Canterbury last night.
A truck driver was killed when his vehicle rolled on State Highway 39 in Waikato last night.
A motorcyclist was killed when his machine and a car collided in Taranaki this morning.
Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei.
Emergency services attended two crashes in the North Island that resulted in serious injuries, this morning.
A person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash north of Wellington this afternoon.
Two people have sustained moderate injuries after their vehicle crashed in Northland this morning, trapping one of the occupants.
Two people have died in separate crashes in the Bay of Plenty this morning as torrential rain hit the region.
Former Hurricane Chris Eaton has expressed his grief over losing his wife Hannah who died in a crash at the weekend.
A man has died following a two-car crash near Taupo early this morning.
One person has been killed and two others seriously injured after a crash in Christchurch this afternoon.
Two people were critically injured when a van full of Taiwanese tourists and another carrying a shearing gang collided in King Country this afternoon.
A woman died in a head-on smash between the people-mover she was driving and an articulated truck in Ormond township early this morning.