The Central Motorway Incident Response crew gets a new base

Two "good Samaritans" dived into the Waikato River yesterday to help save a woman after the car she was travelling in crashed into the river.

A person has died in a road accident involving a truck on the Lower Kaimai ranges in the Bay of Plenty today.

One person escaped and another is believed dead after a car crashed into the Waikato River today.

A quad biker has been airlifted to hospital after colliding with a deer north of Auckland this morning.

Police have released the name of a man who died in a truck crash at the Mangawhero Bridge on State Highway 27 yesterday.

A person has been flown to hospital with serious abdominal injuries after a head on collision in the East Cape area this morning.

Sentencing for an American tourist who admitted his careless driving caused the deaths of two women - one eight months pregnant - has been deferred for two weeks.

An image of a man sitting on a couch in the middle of the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been uploaded to social media.

Cambridge police are warning motorists to take care when dropping their children off at school after a crash in the town this morning.

Shortly before 7am there was a three-car crash before the Ngauranga interchange on the southbound section of the highway.

A nine-car crash in heavy fog on Auckland's Greenhithe Bridge is causing some delay for north-bound motorists.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash in Taupo where a car has hit a power pole.

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The man killed in yesterday's helicopter crash in the Lindis Pass area has been named.

A city-bound lane on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway has been closed after an accident involving six cars this morning.

Two cars and a Hobbiton tour bus crashed in Matamata this afternoon, injuring four people.

The New Zealand Transport Authority is warning motorists heading across to the North Shore to expect delays and to pass the crash scene with care.

Four people have been injured after a van rolled at an intersection in the Manawatu District this evening.

A 10-year-old had been taken to hospital with injuries following the incident with a water tanker on a Canterbury property.

Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

A rider of a scooter was trapped under a car in Napier after colliding with a car.

The man responsible for the death of Rotorua woman Stephanie McHale has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracing the movements of a Hamilton man before his body was discovered in a car found crashed in a stream.

The chase began in Whitford about 12.15pm and the vehicle was chased by police as far as the Razorback Rd area, north of Pokeno in Auckland.

Traffic is beginning to ease on Auckland's northern motorway after two crashes caused gridlock.

The sister of the man who died after his car crashed into a Waikato stream overnight has posted a moving tribute to her brother.

The seat in the church where little James Crous always sat remained empty on Sunday after a tragic road accident in Napier claimed his life last Thursday.