The scene of a fatal collision between a car and a motorbike in the Bay of Plenty has been examined by police.

A man has died in a crash in Northland this morning.

Three people were injured after a car crashed into a power pole this morning, causing a fire.

The unborn baby of a woman who was 38-weeks pregnant has died after a Hawke's Bay car crash described as the 'ride from hell'.

Police have praised contractors and emergency workers who freed two men trapped in a truck after it crashed north of Horsham Downs in Waikato yesterday.

Motorcyclist Ross Blair is not just another name in the death notices. He was a farmer with a loving wife and four children.

Six people have died in accidents involving motor vehicles over the weekend, three of them motorcyclists.

A seven-year-old boy died after being struck by a reversing vehicle in a driveway in Southland yesterday.

A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a truck in Waikato today.

This year's death toll on Waikato roads has risen to twice the number at the same point last year with the death of a pedestrian yesterday.

A woman who was hit by a car in Hamilton early this morning has died of her injuries.

A crash involving a logging truck and car has shut down the northbound lane of Tauranga's Takitimu Drive this morning.

Traffic is backed up after a crash involving a school bus and car this morning at Welcome Bay in the Bay of Plenty.

Poor weather and excessive speed in a notorious black spot were the cause of a two-car crash that killed a man and his stepdaughter, an inquest into their deaths has found.