A previous owner of Dunedin student bar the Bowling Green Hotel has died after a motorcycle crash in Bali.

WATCH: Raphael Giles tells the Herald about praying in the ambulance after the Patea truck crash that nobody else would die.

The funeral for an 18-month-old Hauraki toddler who died after being hit by vehicles outside his house was packed today.

Nearly 40 per cent of people who died in fatal crashes last year weren't wearing a seat belt.

A farm fence panel sliced through the driver's side door of a car during a crash which killed a young driver.

A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a car in Christchurch.

The Chinese community has rallied around the family of a man who was killed by a drink driver after discovering the culprit was one of their own.

Across the country flowers are being left out with the milk for tanker drivers to collect in memory of Michael Fairclough.

A Hamilton woman was killed instantly after losing control of her car in her driveway, speeding off and driving it through her neighbour's fence.

Raphael Giles' plea follows seven days of carnage on the roads. Up to 17 people have died, taking the year to date's road toll to 65 last night.

One person is dead and another is in serious condition after a two vehicle crash on State Highway 14, west of Whangarei, police said.

A father has shared memories of his "shining star" who was killed in head-on collision.

One person has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a two vehicle crash at Kaeo in Northland.

Death toll at 64 so far this year, an increase of 16 per cent compared with 2015.

Speed may have been a factor in a crash that killed a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman in Canterbury yesterday afternoon.

Friends pay tribute to Fonterra driver Michael Fairclough, who was found dead at his home after last week's horror triple fatality in Patea.

The tanker driver involved in Thursday's triple fatality in Patea has been found dead in his home, it was confirmed today.

Traffic into Wellington has slowed to a crawl after a serious crash on State Highway 1 at Ngauranga Gorge.

A tourist driving on one of NZ's most scenic roads was pinned to a barrier after she forgot to put her handbrake on when she got out to take a photo.

A child remains in a critical condition and a woman has been transferred to Auckland City Hospital after two people died in a crash in rural Waikato.

Two women died in a crash near Cascade Creek on the Te Anau-Milford highway in Fiordland at 5.20pm.

Fuel is leaking onto State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty after a large truck rolled east of Pukehina.

Two women are dead after a crash in Te Anau last night.

The motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car near Hampden in North Otago has been named.

A man had just jumped out of a car to close the gate when it was hit by a milk tanker, killing his partner and two others inside.

The crash was between a car and a milk tanker on Patea's main street, Egmont St, at the corner with Gloucester St.

Two people died in single-vehicle crashes on rural roads today.

A woman in her eighties has been taken to hospital after she drove into a McDonald's restaurant in Northland, along with a pedestrian she hit.

A crash involving two trucks near Huntly today was caused by a driver falling asleep behind the wheel, police say.