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

Police say two trucks collided at about 8.30am blocking the main highway.

A motorcyclist was flown to hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter after clipping a van and losing control of his bike near Te Aroha.

A man died after a crash in Morningside this morning.

The garage is part of a $2.3 million home which features a swimming pool and expansive harbour views.

Three people are in hospital tonight after a three-car crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

Debris is strewn across the road and a white Toyota Prado SUV with a damaged front and a red sedan are blocking the southbound car.

Xingyu Shang, 27, was sentenced to nine months home detention yesterday for causing a crash which killed a man and fleeing the scene.

Heavy rain and a slippery road are to blame for a crash involving a Range Rover and tourist bus near Queenstown, police say.

A commercial truck driver was pulled over in Stratford, Taranaki, this morning at about 6.30am.

Waikato Police are investigating a crash in which a person died last night on State Highway 2 at Mangatarata.

The girl is in hospital after the car she was in struck a power pole.

A person died late last night in a collision between a truck and a car in the Waikato.

A woman's body had to be cut from the wreckage after a fatal three-vehicle crash south of Hastings yesterday.

It took emergency crew hours to free the body of a woman trapped in a car that collided with a truck south of Hastings.

A police spokesman said a person had been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a vehicle on Auckland's North Shore.

Newly released figures show crushing boy racers' is working. Now Judith Collins is talking up the possibility of a similar law for drivers fleeing police.

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a truck in South Auckland overnight.

Hundreds of students from Wairarapa schools will be attending a driving awareness programme, following the deaths of two teenagers in a Masterton crash last month.

A female tourist has been charged with careless driving causing injury after a two-car collision wrote off a classic American muscle car and put the driver in hospital.

Drunk and medicated motorcyclist killed teenager Natalia Austin.

It's a slow start to the working week in Auckland.

The cyclist, a 35-year-old man, collided with a car about 8.30pm on Main Rd in the suburb of Fairfield.

The life and business partner of a Whanganui woman killed in a two-car collision on Saturday was still in a serious condition in hospital last night.

Dunedin Police are looking for the driver who crashed their car into a power pole this morning, and then took off.

Pregnant mother of one, Emily Hurley, 20, of Whanganui was one of two drivers killed in a crash in Kaitoke yesterday.

An 18-year-old female and a 47-year-old male have died following a head-on collision south of Whanganui.

Emergency services are responding to reports of a fatal crash near Taylor's Mistake in eastern Christchurch.

A man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase with a five-month-old baby in the back of his car will remain in custody.