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Crash now clear on busy motorway

A crash that blocked part of Auckland's busy central motorway is now clear.

Truck driver trapped in Otorohanga crash

A driver has been seriously injured after a freight truck rolled in Otorohanga early today.

Woman killed in Christchurch crash a young mum

A young mum of two is dead after a collision between a car and truck in Christchurch.

Couple's cars caught in crash

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

Two hospitalised in separate crashes

Two people have been taken to hospital after colliding with a parked truck in Auckland. Meanwhile, a person was trapped after car rolled.

Issue of foreign drivers before court

A tourist driver has had her appeal heard in the Napier High Court this morning after being jailed for killing a young motorcyclist earlier this year.

Foreign driver charged over death

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

Six injured after vehicle rolls

St John was required to send five ambulances to the scene.

Top photographer killed in crash

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

Killer tourist driver appeals jail term

A Chinese woman jailed for killing a motorcyclist is appealing her sentence.

Hundreds ignore dying man on street

Watch: A stream of people passed by an injured man struck in a busy street by a delivery truck, leaving him to die. WARNING: Graphic Content.

Boy star's crash: Site a 'total mess'

A volunteer firefighter who was at the scene of the crash that left James Rolleston in intensive care has described how "half the bridge" ended up in the car.

Person trapped after two car crash

A person is trapped and an intersection is blocked after two cars collided in Whangarei.

Cyclist helped after hit and run

Motorists rushed to help a cyclist sprawled in the middle of the road - but the person who bystanders say caused the collision kept on driving.

Grieving friends make tribute for mate

Friends of an Auckland teenager who died in a central city crash have paid tribute to his memory in a film that serves as a reminder of grief that comes with unnecessary tragedy.

Pursuit death a toll for crime of idiocy

COMMENT: How many teens are going to die unnecessarily in high-speed car chases before the police abandon their deadly pursuit policies.

Driver has no memory of crash

The woman's small green Ford collided with a black Mitsubishi Mirage at the Barbadoes-Hereford Sts intersection in Christchurch at 11.37am.

'Another grieving family, for what?'

Rotorua woman died in what has been described as another tragic crash that highlights the fatal risk of fleeing from police.