A school principal prevented a likely fatal accident by jumping into a 29-tonne truck veering across State Highway 1 after its driver had passed out at the wheel.

'I've been sleeping.' 10-year-old cyclist Samantha Robertson is aware of how close she came to death in a crash with a car that left her in an induced coma.

A French tourist has admitted her role in a car crash that claimed the life of an unborn child on Sunday night.

A Kaitaia family were on their way to Gisborne to see if they could start a new life there when the car crashed into an oncoming truck, fatally injuring a 5-month-old baby.

The driver of the truck that collided with a school bus this morning has been taken to Tauranga Hospital.

A father frantically smashed car windows to get to his young children after the vehicle, which he had been following, crashed head-on with a truck.

A young couple are in hospital after a horrific car accident that killed their unborn baby and left the mother fighting for her life.

One person has died after a collision between a car and truck on State Highway 2 near Mangatawhiri, just south of Auckland, tonight.

The unborn child of a woman who was seriously injured in a car crash in Whangarei last night has died.

Call for course funding as toddlers' safety skills improve with nine-week programme.

Two teenagers are in a serious condition following a two-car head-on collision near Whangarei which also put two others in hospital.

A man injured in a police shooting that killed teen courier driver Halatau Naitoko is suing the Crown for compensation.

A woman trapped in a cave on the Takaka Hill near Nelson has been rescued. She had activated an emergency locator beacon after falling in part of the Ngarua Caves about 11am.

A spate of near-collisions between motorists and trains at level crossings have prompted a warning to drivers.

The trailer was packed, the wife and kids were waiting in the car and Mike Moth needed to run inside to get one last thing.

The most expensive claim filed with the Accident Compensation Corporation for an injury suffered around the home has cost taxpayers more than $1 million.

Particulates from the mystery object which killed a driver last year are now being studied by Otago University researchers after ESR tests weren't definitive.

A girl who crashed into a car as she rode her bike south of Auckland on Thursday is a "free and strong spirit" who is giving herself every chance of pulling through, her father says.

The mother of a young woman killed in an alleged drink-driving accident is calling for a zero tolerance approach towards drink driving.