A ute may have been driven dangerously on a Northland beach before the horrific crash which claimed the lives of three Brethren church members, police say.

A person is injured after a truck hit a plane on a tarmac at Wellington Airport.

Police have named a man killed in a car crash in Christchurch on Saturday.

Police have named a man killed when his car hit a tree in Kaingaroa Forest on Sunday.

Emergency services are heading to reports of a crash at Pukehina.

First person to lose their life over holiday weekend was passionate about 1937 Ford Cabriolet convertible.

One person has died and another is in hospital after a vehicle crashed into the back of a parked truck in South Auckland this morning.

A 19-year-old whose car went head-on into a power pole in Waikato early this morning, is now in a stable condition.

Five people suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in the eastern Bay of Plenty this morning.

Five primary school-aged pupils were injured when the school bus they were on crashed north of Auckland after its handbrake failed.

Auckland traffic is being held up by two separate crashes on motorways this morning.

One person has been killed in a crash near Whakatane this morning.

Four people have been transported to Palmerston North Hospital after two cars crashed near Massey University this morning.

A truck has crashed into the living room of a home in Henderson, in West Auckland.

Two Indian climbers are missing after summitting Everest, a day after an Australian and Dutch climber perished on the mountain.

A teen has suffered suspected head injuries in a rugby game today.

One person is in a serious condition after their car left the road and landed in a paddock near Whangarei.

Traffic has resumed to normal after two crashes that took place within five minutes of each other on either side of the State Highway 1 near Rolleston.

The man who died after a motorcycle crash in Taranaki has been identified.

Auckland wood-worker William Longbottom's surgically shifted toe is doing a pretty good job as a thumb.

More than 12,000 Kiwis were injured on our roads last year and the number of those left maimed rose as well.

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An arterial route in Auckland has been reopened following a fatal collision between a car and a truck this afternoon.

One person suffered serious head and chest injuries after a ute crashed into a ditch in Waikato this afternoon.

An elderly Hamilton woman whose house was crashed into on Mother's Day suffered a heart attack just hours later, and died on Tuesday.

The woman's black sedan appeared to have crossed the centre line before the crash.

A motorcyclist has sustained serious injuries to his legs following a motorbike and car collision earlier this evening.

A female pedestrian was fatally struck by a car near Palmerston North tonight.