One person was treated for smoke inhalation late tonight after a fire in Sandringham, Auckland.

Two vehicles collided just before 12.40pm today on State Highway 31, Tihiroa, north of Otorohanga.

A 4-year-old girl who had gone missing from a rural property in Northland has been found alive and well.

A fire service spokeswoman said the residents of the home on Shetland St were safely at a neighbour's house.

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed through a fence in an Auckland suburb.

One person has died after a car ploughed into a tree earlier this afternoon.

A man in his 40s was flown to hospital in a serious condition after receiving burns to his face, arms, chest, hands and throat in Helensville today.

A 22-year-old male was flown to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition after he drove his ute into a tree in South Head, on the Kaipara Harbour.

Four people were killed in three separate road incidents around the country yesterday.

A woman died after a car and ute collided in Upper Hutt this evening.

Police confirmed two cars were involved in the collision on State Highway 10, at Puketona Junction, this evening.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze close to houses near Christchurch this evening.

A child has been burned after a barbecue exploded in west Auckland this afternoon.

An Auckland man was so inspired by a toy ambulance fundraising campaign, he donated a fully functioning ambulance and rapid response vehicle to St John.

Police are not immediately able to confirm how many people have died in the 4pm crash involving a car and a truck on State Highway 1, near Chertsey.

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Margaret St and Tirau St in Putaruru at 8pm.

Two people are dead and five others have been injured in a two-car smash near Twizel in the South Island tonight.

One person has died after the campervan they were travelling in caught fire in an accident on a Matamata Road.

A woman has been flown to hospital by helicopter after she was injured in a head-on crash north of Wellington this afternoon.

The vehicles collided at the intersection of Swanson Rd and Metcalfe Rd, Swanson, about 1.45pm.

The car flipped on State Highway 30 near Lake Rotoiti Forest.

Emergency services were called to the McMeeking Rd property shortly before 3.30pm.

In emergency situations, Aucklanders want WiFi internet restored before water, a survey revealed.

A fire broke out just before 3.30 this morning in a cafe on the ground floor of the Ocean Breeze apartments in Browns Bay.

Lucy Knight - the good samaritan who almost lost her life after going to the aid of a woman being mugged in Auckland - is the new face of St John Ambulance’s annual appeal.

Andrew Jones measures his survival from a near-deadly heart attack in 5-minute events. His cardiologist said it was the difference between life and death.

A man has died following a single-car crash early this morning.

The hunter shot dead in the Ruahine Ranges yesterday was 23-year-old Danny Rion Jordan.

A South Auckland laundromat has been badly damaged by fire overnight.