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Watch: 'F****** close': Dashcam footage reveals bad driving on country's roads
Videos show a BMW making dangerous lane change, and a Landcruiser missing a head-on crash.

Two left seriously injured after car and two motorbikes collide in Mt Maunganui
The road has been closed and the Serious Crash Unit has been advised.

SH1 crash: One dead, multiple injured after car and truck collide, four helicopters sent
One person was trapped in a light truck and another in a car.

Speed limit U-turn: Rotorua moves to 'tailored' approach over blanket rules
New rules mean the council will need to lower speed limits around schools.

Why are potholes repeatedly patched over rather than fixed?
When it comes to fixing potholes in your district, it all comes down to funding.

One person ‘seriously injured’ after car leaves road in rural Auckland
The Serious Crash Unit has been advised.

One killed in crash near Waihola
Emergency services including a helicopter responded to the scene.

One person dies after after multi-car collision on SH1, North Canterbury
The occupants of one vehicle became trapped after the crash, which happened about 4pm.

Labour Weekend road toll increased to four hours before end of period
Three people also died on New Zealand roads on Friday before the road toll period began.

Labour Weekend road toll at three, crash in central North Island leaves one critically injured
Three people have died on our roads since Friday as the holiday draws to a close.

Two dead on region's roads
Police have “a firm focus” on four main causes of death and serious injury on the roads.

Warning to wear seatbelts after Northland woman falls from vehicle and dies
A woman who was not wearing a seatbelt died after falling from a vehicle in Northland.

Six dead in horror long weekend on roads, 'mixed bag' of weather incoming
The official Labour Day road toll stands at three, with three other road deaths on Friday.

Devastating start to long weekend with two dead, more than five injured after three serious crashes
Two highways were closed after the fatal crashes.

'Less than three months for each kid': Father of teen killed by mate furious at parole decision
'The system is about the living, not the dead,' father says after driver serves 16 months.

'I only had one bottle of wine and one bottle of beer': Driver so drunk he thought the woman he hit had crashed into him
Instead of checking on the other driver he reversed, dumped his car and ran off on foot.

Auckland speed trial: New point-to-point speed cameras being installed on six Auckland roads
A trial of the cameras found motorists driving over three times the speed limit.

'Pointless teen drama' spurred young couple to cause 18yo pedestrian's death, Crown says as trial begins
Connor Boyd, 18, was fatally run over in 2022.

Two occupants in critical condition after vehicle flips off Auckland motorway
Two of the car's occupants remain in an induced coma.

Four people injured after midnight crash
Two of the four people suffered critical injuries.

Suspected smuggler crashes overloaded German van, killing seven and injuring 16 migrants
A 6-year-old child was among those who were killed in the devasting crash.

Auckland's Southern Motorway re-opens after blockage due to serious crash
Serious Crash Unit investigators are looking into how the pedestrian was hit.

Day the road gave way: Family’s fight for survival after quad bike plunges over bank
A simple trip to Saturday-morning kids' football nearly cost Auckland family their lives.

Motorcyclist dies in Dunedin Northern Motorway crash
The collision involving a car and motorcycle happened shortly after 10am.

'I just shot the pigs': Mother's message to ram-raiding sons fleeing police
Woman planned to divert police by doing a shooting, so her kids could avoid arrest.

Motorway mayhem as driver dodges ducklings
A duck walkabout with a gaggle of ducklings caused chaos on a Dunedin motorway.

One dead in Ngāruawāhia two-vehicle crash
Two-vehicle smash just before 5pm has blocked Great South Rd near golf course.

Man with epilepsy flouts warning not to drive, has seizure and causes $20k crash
He had not been taking his medication and had experienced other recent seizures.