Four people have received only minor injuries after their car crashed down a steep bank near Rotorua, coming to rest only metres from a stream.
A police spokeswoman said police, ambulance and fire services were called to the scene on State Highway 30, near Horohoro, just before midday.
The spokeswoman said the car was a "number of metres down a bank".
All four people in the vehicle were out and checked over by ambulance staff.
![A car crashed down a bank off State Highway 30 today. Photo / Andrew Warner](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GK4KYGIDG3E44GL3WUR72I7RHA.jpg?auth=8071ab03125d1966b577171abb0bb7b2148319b7d2be61616fa4fd094727cbcd&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)