Road toll

At least two people are dead following an "avoidable'' crash near Blenheim.

New Zealand is set for its lowest annual toll of road deaths since 1952, the last year in which fewer than 300 people were killed in vehicle crashes.

A 21-year-old man has died after a collision in Christchurch this morning.

Police are warning drivers against speeding after a spate of recent fatal crashes despite a record-low road toll so far this year.

A Kapiti Coast woman killed in a crash involving an ambulance and a paramedic vehicle has been named.

A fatal smash following a police pursuit and a campervan crash in Auckland overnight have pushed the holiday road toll to 13, the third lowest since records began to be kept in 1980.

A large number of drivers lost control in the wet weather yesterday, prompting a fresh call from police for people to drive to the conditions.

A man is dead after being hit by a truck south of Whangarei this morning.

Police have named a Christchurch woman who died in a head-on car crash in Canterbury at the weekend.

A Hauraki Plains farm worker apparently drowned overnight when his car rolled upside down into a canal when the road gave way, say police.

Two 20-year-old Christchurch men killed when their motorcycle slammed into a power pole early yesterday morning have been named.

The driver of a car that crashed in Bay of Plenty early yesterday has died in hospital, police said today.

The two teenagers who died when their speeding car crashed into a stream in the Whangarei suburb of Kensington on Saturday have been named by police.

A Christchurch teenager has died in hospital after the car he was driving ploughed into a concrete power poll in North Canterbury last Friday.

Police have named the two people killed in road crashes at the weekend.

Police investigating a fatal crash near Pukeuri, in South Canterbury, yesterday want to hear from anyone who saw a Nissan Skyline on the road between Oamaru and Christchurch yesterday morning.

Police have named an elderly man who died after his mobility scooter collided with a car in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, yesterday.

An elderly man has died after his mobility scooter collided with a car in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, this evening.