Tevita Lokotui, who plays the tuba in the school's brass band, is recovering after having his leg amputated at the knee as a result of the Christmas Eve bus crash.

The man killed in a motorcycle crash north-east Taupo on Wednesday evening was Te Wanehi Wakefield from Taradale.

One person has been seriously injured after a truck and crash collided on State Highway 1 at the Peka Peka Rd intersection, blocking the road.

Police have released footage of a mystery man who may have valuable information into the death of an Auckland teen skateboarder.

A woman has died and another is seriously injured after a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna this morning.

A motorcyclist has been killed tonight in a collision with a truck near Taupo.

A truck has crashed on a busy highway in Waitomo district this afternoon.

Colombia's highest ranking diplomat in NZ woke up on Tamaki Drive following a crash.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway early this evening.

An 8-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in the South Auckland.

Hamilton Police are investigating an early morning crash which saw a passenger flung from a vehicle.

A pedestrian died near Matamata last night after being hit by a car.

Young drivers are baiting police into initiating high speed pursuits - all to secure dramatic footage, the national police roading manager says.

The son of a Hamilton woman, who was texting and driving before she was killed in a crash, is pleading with drivers to put their mobile phones away.

Friends and family of hit-and-run victim Jacob Pakura have gathered to farewell him for the last time at a service in West Auckland this afternoon.

Members of a shearing gang were injured this morning when the van they were in left the road and smashed into a tree.

Police appeal for a motorist who chased a hit-and-run vehicle to come forward.

Police broaden the hunt for a car that killed teenage skateboarder Jacob Pakura.

Fatal crash blocks stretch of Southland highway this morning.

The road is closed after a motorcycle collided with a car and a power pole in South Auckland this afternoon.

One man had serious injuries and had to be airlifted to hospital.

Police attended two crashes near Thames and motorists had significant delays.

One person has died after a car and truck collided on State Highway 3 in Manawatu this evening.

The sister of a Marton man who died after a road accident in Palmerston North last Wednesday has described him as "my idol, my rock".

Two people escaped serious injury after their car and caravan veered off the road and crashed down a bank yesterday afternoon.

The mother of a teen-boy killed in a triple-fatality car crash in Canterbury has forgiven the young man who was behind the wheel on December 26.

Mike Middleton hasn't touched his motorbike since February 7, 2016 - the day his son, Rhys, was killed.

The 2017 road toll already stands at nine.

Motorcyclists dying on country's roads are likely to be older people, who have got more time and cash on their hands to ride deceptively powerful machines.

Three people have died on New Zealand roads so far this weekend, adding to the summer holiday road carnage.