Every time Sophia Perera looks at her newborn daughter, she's reminded of her first-born, whose life was cut short.

A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with causing the deaths of two Featherston boys.

A man is being air-lifted to Whangarei Hospital in a critical condition after he became pinned under his work-truck.

A year from this weekend, Rhys Middleton was to be married to his long-time sweetheart, Laura Settle.

Mike Mills' mother says the 17-year-old was the innocent driver in the head-on crash that claimed his life.

Despite a broken jaw, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has been able to express her heartache at losing her husband in a horror crash.

Six people have received minor to moderate injuries after a two-car crash north of Christchurch this afternoon.

Child safety advocates are hailing the reduction in child deaths and hospital admissions from unintentional injuries.

Two teens are killed in a stolen car fleeing police. As the driver - their friend - must face justice, the fingerpointing begins. Kirsty Johnston visits a divided Featherston.

Motorists not driving to conditions - and impatience - appear to be the themes of crashes which have killed five people so far this long weekend.

One person is dead after a crash between a car and a motorbike.

Four people died and six were critically injured in the first 24 hours of Waitangi weekend.

Three people are critically injured after a serious crash in Karangahake Gorge - the second crash in the same spot today.

A series of crashes have left four people dead this Waitangi weekend.

The crash happened about 9pm yesterday and the rider was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

In a haunting case of deja vu, two of the families scarred by Sunday's horror crash were involved in an accident with eerily similar circumstances two decades ago.

A man suffered serious chest injuries in a four-vehicle crash in Waikato late this afternoon.

Police were on hand at the funeral service for Pacer Willacy-Scott, a passenger in the stolen car that crashed on Sunday in Masterton.

Mother's grief as man who ended her daughter's life sentenced to 250 hours community work.

Passengers left standing on the roadside looking dazed and confused.

Update: Traffic is now flowing at Oteha Valley following the crash.

WATCH: An Auckland man has footage of a driver who damaged his motorcycle in a hit-and-run incident - and he wants your help to identify him.

An elderly woman who fell asleep at the wheel veered off a road and crashed in to a ditch in Hawke's Bay.

A tourist driver's failure to give way is the likely cause of a crash at an Oamaru intersection today, police say.

A tourist driver is facing two charges of careless driving causing injury after a head-on crash near Queenstown.

A Featherston father believes his daughter stole car keys then gave them to a group of teens, but says she has been forced to leave town for her safety.