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Tourists call for better driving tips

Car rental companies and airlines could do more to advise tourists about driving in New Zealand, say a visiting American couple.

Four injured in Dunedin crash

Four people have been injured in a collision on Dunedin's southern motorway, in which one of the vehicles may have been travelling in the wrong direction.

The 12 new speed camera sites (+map)

The first areas to get new digital speed cameras have been revealed by police. So where will the first 12 be located?

92-year-old pedestrian hit by van dies

Do-or-die effort saves woman and cat

After her car hit black ice, plunging down a bank and sank into a pond, Helen Kay grabbed her cat and 'kicked the hell out of a window' to escape.

Tourist admits charges over fatal crash

The driver of a campervan that allegedly crossed the centreline and crashed into an oncoming utility in the Coromandel on Friday night, killing an Auckland woman, has appeared in court.

Community in 'dark hole' after crash

The deaths of Sally Summerfield, her daughter Ella and Ella's friend Abi Hone have left a "big, dark hole" in the tight-knit Sumner community, friends say.

Paramedic knocked off bike by surgeon

Wrong-way crash: 'A needless loss of life'

A woman whose vehicle was hit head-on by another travelling the wrong way on Auckland's southern motorway on Friday morning has died.

Spectators killed at Scottish road rally

Three people were killed when a car careered into spectators at a road rally.

Triple fatal crash in Canterbury

Three people have been killed in a crash near Rakaia. Details of the crash were still sketchy but Ashburton Police senior sergeant Scott Banfield confirmed three people had been killed and two injured. The crash occurred at the intersection of Thompsons Track and Somerton Road shortly before 4pm Saturday.

Fuel tanker overturns in Canterbury

Police and Fire Services were called at 9am today to a fuel tanker overturned at Templeton in Canterbury.

Hit-and-run driver labelled a 'coward'

The wife of a motorcyclist killed by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel says the woman is a coward for running from the scene.

One dead in Coromandel crash

One person has died after a crash on the Coromandel Peninsula tonight — the first fatality of the Queen’s Birthday weekend holiday road toll period.

Wrong-way crash: Alcohol a factor

Alcohol is believed to have played a role in a head-on crash early this morning, when a woman drove 5km the wrong way on the Southern Motorway.

Child dies in crash as holiday looms

A boy critically injured in a Kaimai Ranges crash which killed a 9-year-old girl is set to be flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital later today.