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Northland quad bike crash results in critical injuries, patient flown to hospital
The crash occurred just off SH1 in Mangamuka, around midday Sunday.
'I will be forever sorry': Woman apologises after telling teen driver to run her partner over
Taku Paul was fatally run down during a fight with Ephron Ronaki about missing money.
Fatal distraction: The Snapchatting truckie's countdown to tragedy
Caleb Baker was killed after distracted truck driver Sarah Schmidt ploughed into him.
'That's my wife': Pregnant woman killed by police car
Unmarked cop car ploughs into mother's vehicle as she drives into leisure centre carpark.
Driver sent 45 Snapchat messages before fatally ploughing into young man's ute
'She should have seen the traffic ... what she did see for 14 seconds is her phone.'
Four dead in two 'horrific' North Island crashes
Four people have died on North Island roads today, in two separate crashes.
'Panicking': Vulnerable elderly left waiting for meals, medicine amid motorway closure
'I couldn’t actually work out a route that was going to work.'
Two dead in crash involving bus and truck at Marton
The drivers were the sole occupants of the vehicles.
Four-hour Auckland motorway closure 'excessive' but 'difficult situation' for police – ex-mayor
The AA says the closure must have been 'extraordinarily frustrating' for motorists.
'The van flipped': Man arrested after crash involving stolen car closed Northern Motorway
The motorway was closed for hours.
Bruce Cotterill: The orange cone mentality holding NZ back
OPINION: Health and safety rules are costing businesses hundreds of millions of dollars.
Three hospitalised after car hits tree in North Auckland
Two people were seriously injured in the crash and a third person was also hospitalised.
One person dead after serious crash near Tokoroa
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash at 6.30am.
Body found after car plunges into Waioeka River near Ōpōtiki
A search was successful after river conditions improved.
One dead after serious truck, car crash; SH1 near Christchurch reopened
One person was severely injured and sadly, died at the scene.
Car trapped under pickup truck after three-vehicle rush-hour crash on Auckland motorway
“Delay your journey or use an alternative route.”
'You will live with this tragedy': Father avoids jail over crash that killed his children
The tragedy happened when the family was going to see the snow for the first time.
'No words can describe the pain': Marlborough crash victim mourned by family
"Until we meet again, fly high, our beautiful boy."
'Irreplaceable void': Three young victims of triple-fatal Marlborough crash named
Five people were in the car and two were able to get out safely, but three were killed.
Three people trapped following truck vs car crash in Pukeatua
Three people have been extricated from a car, following a two-vehicle crash in Waipa.
Motorcyclist in critical condition after Auckland motorway accident
Emergency services were called to the scene around 8.30pm.
'Our Chief': Tribesmen gang member dies in Waikato Expressway crash
A witness said the man's motorbike slid out and he went headfirst into the middle barrier.
Napier stream crash: Car's lucky dip drags on
A neighbour says he watched someone remove a battery from the still-waterlogged car.
‘Beautiful soul’ one of three teens killed in Marlborough crash
The car had five occupants, and two escaped following the crash.
One dead, two injured after crash that closed Central Hawke's Bay highway
One in serious condition and one in a minor condition.
Stretch of Waikato expressway closed between Huntly and Taupiri after single-vehicle crash
Drivers asked to find alternative route.
Three bodies recovered by police divers after car crashes into Marlborough river
The car had five occupants, and two escaped following the crash.
Three people missing after car plunges into river in Marlborough
The car had five occupants, and only two have been accounted for.
One dead and two injured in Whakatāne crash
A person was airlifted to hospital but sadly died later, police said.
'Emotions are still raw': Sons' surprise meeting with man who killed their father
'My appetite is not to keep him in the system,' says victim's son after guilty plea.
Fire out: Auckland SH1 car fire causes 8km backlog of southbound motorway traffic
Emergency services were notified of the fire at 2.16pm.
Two police cars badly damaged after colliding in motorway u-turn
Emergency services were called to the scene around 9.20pm.
Ryan Bridge: Driven to distraction – are speed limits the issue or lazy Kiwi drivers?
OPINION: Don’t we have to just let people drive and allow accidents to be the lesson?