A Singapore man last month admitted charges of aggravated careless driving causing death and injury, after the death of a motorcyclist near Oamaru.

A multi-vehicle crash is causing major problems on Auckland's north-western motorway today.

A motorcyclist has died after striking a road barrier on State Highway One in the Waikato this morning.

A driver was thrown several metres from his car after colliding with a four wheel drive in Christchurch this afternoon.

A dog walk may have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who had just left their home when a car crashed into the side of it.

Police said in a statement that the 87-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries and taken to hospital.

At least one person is thought to be seriously injured after a three-car crash north of Auckland this morning.

Two horses had to be sedated in order to be freed when their float flipped in Taranaki this morning.

Police have named the man killed in a car crash north of Taupo last night.

People inside two cars have escaped without serious injury after a fiery, high-speed crash on the outskirts of Invercargill overnight.

A man is dead and two others have serious injuries after a car and a four-wheel-drive vehicle collided north of Taupo last night.

A man has appeared in court facing two charges relating to the car crash that killed popular Rotorua woman Stephanie McHale.

Ambulance staff found the man dead inside the crashed car.

It is believed 17-year-old Ocean Heke was struck by a car while walking home from a friend's 18th birthday party.

Barry Algie, 73, died after he was trapped between two vehicles at his home.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash between a car and cart in Taranaki this morning.

A man who died after being crushed between two cars was packing up his house to move.

Two people were trapped in a car that drove several metres down a bank in North of Wellington.

Emergency services are responding to what is understood to be a serious car crash near Whanganui.

A car crash has briefly blocked a lane in the Victoria Park Tunnel on Auckland's northern motorway this morning.

A Wellington mother and her two-week-old baby were uninjured when the car she was driving fell several metres down a bank.

A woman is in a serious condition and two children have minor injuries after two cars collided in Christchurch.

The father of the young boy who was accidently run over by his mother says his son is lucky to be alive, after the car narrowly missed his son's head.

The 4-year-old boy who was in serious condition after a head-on car crash near Gisborne on Good Friday remains in hospital.

One car appeared to have gone into the central barrier while a second car landed on its side in the outside of four lanes.

The son-in-law of a 68-year-old woman who was hit on a pedestrian crossing says he's been advocating for pedestrian safety to be improved in the area for years.

A 19-year-old who died after the car he was driving hit a tree on Good Friday is being remembered as a "big softy" with a "friendly and goofy personality".

The woman most seriously injured of seven hurt in Friday's head-on car crash near Gisborne remains critically ill in the intensive care unit at Waikato Hospital.