Police are expecting a quieter morning in Canterbury with less ice to make the roads treacherous.

The country's chilly temperatures edged towards record lows this morning but were still a way off beating the record.

A car has flipped onto its roof following a collision with another vehicle on the Hibiscus Coast, Auckland.

The Coroner has found the death of a tourist driver may have been caused by a combination of unclear signage and unfamiliarity with New Zealand road markings.

Bus breakdowns and detritus including a ladder and a box compounded chaos on crash-afflicted Auckland motorways this morning.

The wife of a man seriously injured in a two-truck crash in south Auckland yesterday had a "lucky day" after she changed her mind about travelling with him, emergency services say.

The driver of a taxi which struck and seriously injured a pedestrian after an All Blacks test, has been convicted, disqualified from driving and given a financial penalty.

One person has been airlifted to hospital in a serious condition following a two-truck crash in South Auckland.

A man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in central Auckland on Friday night lost control of his motorbike.

Emergency services workers helped a man from his car as it hung precariously from the back of his hillside garage in Normanby, Dunedin, yesterday.

A car bursts into flames near the Birkenhead off-ramp of the Auckland Harbour Bridge yesterday moments after the driver jumped out.

We think of death on the roads as something that happens to other people. But when that other person is someone we feel we know, it rams home the reality, writes Paul Thomas.

A trailer being towed by a ute flipped on a Canterbury motorway this afternoon, spilling chemicals onto the road, and slowing traffic.

The tourist driver who caused the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Marris is appealing his jail sentence.

''Today Mr Cao has received his sentence, but it doesn't matter what it is, as nothing will bring our Ruby back,'' a statement from the couple said.

A Manawatu man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcyclist in a hit and run incident over the weekend.

The tourist responsible for the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris has been jailed.

Nearly $14,000 has been raised for the daughter of former All Black Jerry Collins.

About 1500 people rallied in Narbonne late last night to pay tribute to former All Black Jerry Collins and his Canadian partner Alana.

A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.

A Mainfreight truck has been left on the edge of a 15-metre cliff following an accident.

The health of Jerry Collins' baby daughter is improving as she fights for her life in hospital following the French car crash that killed her mother and father.

In a game full of hard men, Jerry Collins, the kid from Porirua, stood out head and shoulders - and 58cm biceps - above them all.

The passenger of a car that crashed in Feilding yesterday has died in hospital.

Children among four people hurt after truck rolls in the Bay of Plenty, with one of the four critically injured.

A car that struck a power pole cut electricity to 600 homes in Auckland this morning.

Two pedestrians have died and one is in hospital in a serious condition after being hit by vehicles in separate incidents in the past two days.

A person has been taken to hospital after being hit by a bus in central Auckland tonight.