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Racing link in teen's death

Police have made an urgent appeal about racing cars linked to a crash which killed a Napier teen only hours before she would have started a hairdressing course.

Victim warns of car-surfing dangers

Every time Mosgiel resident Nick Vermeulen looks in the mirror, the consequences of his actions are reflected in the asymmetry of his face.

Police look at spare tyre after fatal crash

Police are investigating whether a space-saver wheel played a part in the crash which killed a Rotorua mother.

Elderly woman in critical condition after bus shelter crash

An elderly woman is in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital after a car ploughed into the bus shelter she was waiting in with her two grandchildren in Auckland yesterday.

Marlborough Sounds car plunge victim named

Police have named a man who died after his car plunged more than 150m off a bank in the Marlborough Sounds on Monday.

Bus loses control, crashes into cafe

An out-of-control bus crashed through a fence and into the deck of a busy Tauranga cafe just 10 minutes after closing time.

Motorcyclist spent an hour lying on powerlines

Judge: Passenger's brake stunt 'stupid'

A man has been convicted of careless driving causing injury, despite the fact he wasn't driving the car that crashed, injuring him and his mother.

Driver dies when truck overturns

A truck driver is dead after a fully laden truck and trailer unit rolled down a bank leaving a timber mill in Whangarei.

Daughter: 'He was the best father ever'

Germany's Jacqueline Zech says she had the "best father ever" in an emotional tribute after her dad died in a motorcycle crash north of Wanganui.

Tourist killed in motorbike crash named

Tourist dies after motorbike crash

The German tourist who suffered life-threatening injuries to his head and face when his motorcycle collided with a four-wheel-drive north of Wanganui yesterday afternoon died in Wanganui Hospital overnight.

Elderly man killed in Christchurch crash named

Two hurt after car ploughs into tree

Two men were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in smashed head-on into a tree in Napier.

Fatal crash in Christchurch

An elderly man has died and two others have been cut from the wreckage of a two-car crash north of Christchurch this afternoon.

Family of car victim want truth

The family of a young man killed in a Waikato hit-and-run hopes an upcoming inquest will finally reveal how he died.