A Dutch tourist has been remanded on bail after an appearance in Christchurch District Court this morning over the deaths of three people in a car smash at the weekend.

The family of a girl killed in a crash with two other people say the tourist accused of causing the carnage is as much a victim as those who died.

Police have still be unable to speak to an injured woman, four days after she drove 5kms the wrong way down the Southern Motorway, which killed an innocent motorist.

Prime Minister John Key does not believe laws need to be tightened around tourists driving on New Zealand roads.

Two of this weekend's fatal crashes involved tourists.

An innocent motorist who died after a wrong-way motorway crash was a keen dancer who participated overseas.

Three people have been killed in a crash near Rakaia.

Police and Fire Services were called at 9am today to a fuel tanker overturned at Templeton in Canterbury.

The wife of a motorcyclist killed by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel says the woman is a coward for running from the scene.

The learner driver in a crash that killed a young Mosgiel brother and sister is alleged to have previously offered illegal taxi rides via a controversial Facebook page.

A Hastings council tractor driver has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death a 4-year-old boy in a horrific mowing accident last year.

A 34-year-old Hawea man has died after the car he was driving flipped several times on Cemetery Road, Hawea Flat.

The family of a young boy killed on his way to a park after being struck by a car are upset Housing NZ dug up their front lawn, leaving their children without anywhere safe to play.

A four-year-old Auckland boy has died after being struck by a passing vehicle outside his home earlier today.

An elderly man has died after falling down a lift shaft at a home in East Auckland.

A man was trapped in his crushed vehicle about 200m down a steep bank for about three hours before he was spotted, emergency services say.

Residents of an Auckland street ran out to help two young girls who were hit by a teenage driver as they walked home from school.

A truck driver’s head was held above water for by a passer by after his vehicle slid off a bridge into the Keyburn river in Central Otago.

A massive slip near Otira closed the Arthur's Pass highway just after midday today.

A quad bike rider has fled after leading police on a pursuit through the city this morning.

A woman has been spotted breastfeeding an unrestrained baby in a moving car, just one day after another unrestrained infant died from injuries suffered in a crash.

Motorists with newer, safer cars may see their annual licence costs slashed by as much as $163 a year.

The modern approach to road safety is about creating safer drivers, safer roads, safer speeds and safer vehicles, writes Mike Noon. We have to improve in all of these areas, not just one.