Motorist are urged to pass with care and expect delays.

Police want to speak to witnesses of the hit and run in Hillcrest.

Seven people caught up in head-on smash.

Diversions will be in place via Ararimu Valley Road and Deacon Road.

"I cry for the woman in the other car," man with obstructive sleep apnoea says.

Motorbike rider was critically injured and died at the scene.

Driver managed to avoid a speeding car coming towards him, but hit a $120k Lamborghini.

The car was allegedly seen driving erratically before colliding with traffic.

Road users are being advised to change their travel plans.

The incident happened on Old Wairoa Rd.

The crashes have been cleared but delays are likely to continue.

Passenger recalls "crunching and scraping" sounds before the bus eventually stopped.

One person has died in a crash near Methven in Mid Canterbury

It's apologised for suggestion the average travel time would go up by less than a minute.

Police are now supporting the grieving family of the dead rider.

Walter Dalziel lives with constant pain after head-on collision with a meth-fueled driver.

Colleagues of an Ōpōtiki man killed on Waioeka Rd early Monday morning are devastated.

A pedestrian has been struck on SH2 in Ōpōtiki early this morning.

One other person was taken to hospital by police.

A person has died in a single-vehicle crash in Gisborne last night.

Viv Rickard was previously police deputy commissioner.

The officer admitted two driving offences following an incident in Edgecumbe.

A Westpac Rescue helicopter has been dispatched.

Five-year-old died after she was hit by a car outside her Auckland school.

Two lanes have been blocked on the motorway to assist with vehicle recovery.

Napier man's alleged blood alcohol reading was more than three times the legal limit.

A crash has closed off the Tecoma St on-ramp on Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning.

The police serious crash unit is continuing to investigate the accident.