The road toll has risen to 17 following the death of an elderly woman after a crash in Motueka.

Police said the only occupant of the vehicle has died after the vehicle rolled and came to a rest on its roof on Centre Road in the Momona area.

Ten people have been injured after a collision involving three cars and a truck near Taupo.

The father of Waikato crash victim Logan Wright had the "longest, most painful, heart-wrenching" drive of his life after his son's tragic death.

The brother of the first crash victim of the year regrets not getting a chance to see him in the past eight years.

Police are desperate to prevent further deaths and have appealed to people to make smart decisions to ensure they are driving responsibly.

The man who died after his car plunged into a Southland river was a family man, his brother says.

A 7-year-old boy suffered serious injuries in a fall from a motorcycle in Otago this evening.

One person has been seriously injured in an accident in rural Canterbury tonight.

Seven people have been injured in a car crash in central Christchurch at lunchtime today.

Truck crash spills waste onto Southern Motorway.

Friends and family have made heartfelt tributes to the three young victims of a fatal crash.

Police have named the man killed in a car crash just south of Whangarei on Tuesday.

Mother of 26-year-old Amy Katu, one of the victims of today's horror triple fatal crash in Te Kuiti, says she's in disbelief that her daughter is gone.

Police have confirmed that a two-year-old girl has died following a crash on the HB Expressway.

The man was one of 16 people injured -- two of them critically -- in the accident on New Year's Eve.

A man was airlifted to hospital with neck and back injuries after his car rolled in the Tasman region this afternoon.

A man who had a leg severed in a horrific crash last week in Auckland remains in critical condition.

A 13-year-old Oamaru girl involved in a fatal crash has described the harrowing moment a car hurtled down the footpath towards her.

A police investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a car submerged in a Southland river.

Bystanders have described as "horrendous'' the scene after an elderly driver's car mounted a kerb at speed and hit three pedestrians before colliding with two cars.

The man who died after his motorbike and a car collided at an intersection in Waikato is from Hamilton.

Girl, 13, reveals terrifying moment Oamaru crash car struck her before killing another pedestrian.

A 67-year-old man died and five others were injured after a vehicle drove on to a footpath and then collided with two cars in Oamaru.

A cyclist was taken to hospital after he ran into a car stopped at a pedestrian crossing.

A person has died after a logging truck collided with a car on State Highway 1 near Oakleigh, south of Whangarei, this morning.

The fatal crash happened at 11:30 this morning, at the corner of Thames and Eden Sts in the North Otago town.

Four people in hospital in Oamaru.

A neighbour who tried to save the life of a preschooler hit by a car in a farm driveway near Tokoroa was too distressed later to talk about the fatality.

A drunken crash shattered George Cairney's life, leaving him with a loss of sight, taste, hearing and smell, and no memory of a year either side of the crash.