Three people are in a serious condition after a car crashed into a shop in Hastings in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Duchess Cres and Karamu Rd North, in the Hastings suburb of Mayfair, about 12.44am.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said one person was "heavily trapped" after the crash.
"They were successfully extricated by firefighters by 1.30am," she said.