Five people, including a baby, have been injured in a car crash near State Highway 1 in the Horowhenua District.

The car flew off the road, smashed through a fence and ploughed into a house in Flat Bush, killing the passenger, in a scene that is disturbingly common.

One person is dead after a car collided with a house on Redoubt Rd in Flat Bush.

The 11-year-old who died in a crash at Ngaruawahia on Friday was aspiring musician Nikau Tamati.

The family of an 11-year-old who was critically injured in a horror crash in Ngaruawahia had to turn off his life-support.

Emergency services are responding to two incidents, one a fatal car crash at Clarks Beach and the other a fire on Ponui Island.

There were seven people in the car - all believed to be aged under 15 and many are said to be related to each other, either siblings or cousins.

A 17-year old has suspected head injuries after a motorbike accident in Ruatahuna.

NZTA is advising motorists to avoid Oteha Valley and Greville Rd citybound on-ramps, and use East Coast Rd and enter the motorway further south.

Fire Service says a car had crashed into a house at Mairangi Bay, on Auckland's North Shore.

Three vehicles were involved in the crash which happened on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei.

A person is in a moderate to serious condition after a gnarly car crash in Auckland.

A 12-year-old rugby league star who is an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter is showing signs of recovery.

Three people have been injured in a high-speed crash after a police chase in Wellington early this morning.

Two people have been seriously injured in a road accident near Petone.

A PhD psychology student drove her unwarranted and unregistered Mercedes Benz through Dunedin streets, while swigging on a bottle of wine.

A driver of a car managed to get themselves out of their vehicle after it crashed into a house in Hamilton today. Northern fire communications

A man has died and another has been seriously injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a tree today.

The crash occurred when the bus slid into a ditch on Waikawa Beach Rd.

Firefighters work to cut free a person trapped in their vehicle in a west Auckland street.

The two men who were reported missing on a four-wheel drive trip in Twizel have been found.

The number of people killed so far this month now sits at 11, however, at least one other is in a critical condition after a crash in Hawke's Bay last night.

An off-duty police officer discovered a motorcyclist killed in a crash in the Lindis Pass, Central Otago yesterday.

A Hawke's Bay woman and caregiver for the seriously ill was killed when her car slid off the road. Friends say she had the 'biggest heart'.

A motorcyclist has been killed in an accident on the Lindis Pass Tarras Rd in the South Island. A police spokeswoman said the accident

The community is rallying for a 12-year-old rugby starlet who is in an induced coma after he was struck by a car while riding his scooter.

A one-month-old baby was injured in a crash in the Hawke's Bay, while six people were injured in a head-on smash in Auckland last night.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

Woman died after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington this morning.