WATCH: Two liquor store workers turn the tables on their attempted robbers.

The Queen's Birthday road toll is now up to seven following the death of a man involved in a crash yesterday.

Three fire trucks and ambulance staff are at the scene, on Cumberland Crescent in Welcome Bay.

The teen and a 9-year-old, who suffered serious injuries, were in a car which crashed into a tree on Ferguson St in Mangere at about 9.15am yesterday.

When Samson Faulafo and his friends pointed out to a family they'd dropped a $10 note at Denny's, they didn't expect anything in return.

Two children have been treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire near Rotorua this morning.

The death of a motorcyclist this afternoon has brought the long weekend road toll to three in just 24 hours.

Police said the crash happened after they received numerous calls about racers in the early hours of this morning.

Roadworks on the Brynderwyn Hills are already $3 million over budget, Northland MP Winston Peters says, claiming the blowout will rise and put at risk other vital roading projects.

A woman was busted selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer while she was breastfeeding her young baby as part of a nationwide drug sting.

The patient is said to have suffered moderate injuries.

None of the fixed speed cameras in Rotorua, and much of the rest of the country have working cameras inside.

A crash on the Southern Motorway blocked the right lane to the city after Mount Wellington at 6.15 this morning.

What began as an effort to live a healthier lifestyle led to a dangerous condition for this young woman.

When a thief struck in Napier, he took the one thing owner Zan Lee had installed to prevent things being taken.

Warning - contains offensive language: A Whangarei police constable racially abused a Maori man several times before his arrest for assaulting police, a jury has heard.

A furniture truck tipped on its side in Puketapu, west of Napier, destroying a steel barrier and fence.

Average value of an Auckland property rose to $955,793 in the past three months - but rate of increase lagged behind rest of New Zealand.

Police found a man and women in a car, with apparently recently made methamphetamine later estimated to have a street value of $70,000.

Reports are coming in of a heavy police presence in Welcome Bay.

The woman, who was hit shortly before 6pm yesterday, was the second person to be struck by a train in Auckland yesterday.

She was described as a happy, healthy child - then bruises began to appear on the then 17-month-old's face and head.

Former president of Wanganui Federated Farmers says dairy farming is responsible for 80 per cent of the degradation of New Zealand waterways.

A Hastings retiree illegally selling meat to cover the cost of his hunting trips has been netted by an undercover seafood operation.

The grieving mother of a Kiwi who was found dead in an Australian river is taking small comfort in the thought she may soon see her son again.

Portaloos will be reinstated on the summit of Auckland's Mt Eden after two men were caught defecating in the bush within metres of the footpath.

State house tenant with two disabled adult children will be able to stay in her house after Work and Income paid her rent arrears this morning.

Auckland police are keen to hear from a pregnant woman seen in the vicinity of an aggravated robbery of a service station.