A truck has rolled, blocking one lane of State Highway 7 - the temporary main road between Picton and Christchurch.

When authorities pulled up to a Ford parked outside a casino, they were drawn into the sort of tragic scene that has been playing out across the US.

Two people have been helicoptered to Auckland Hospital following a two-vehicle crash near Warkworth, north of Auckland, this afternoon.

The woman was flown by rescue helicopter to Wellington Hospital after she was struck by the vehicle.

A young man killed in a car accident in the early hours of Thursday had been celebrating his 19th birthday just hours before.

One person is dead and another is injured after a crash in Henderson this morning.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

A mangled van is covered by a tarpaulin and chunks of debris lie all over the road after a fatal collision on Auckland's North Shore.

Herewini Gates, the 16-year-old killed after the ute he was driving crashed this week, has been remembered as "a bright, popular young man" with "huge potential".

Police asked motorists to be patient, "drive with extreme caution", reduce their speeds and avoid non-urgent travel.

A car has crashed into a fish and chip shop in Papakura.

Traffic is quickly banking up after a five-car pile up on Auckland's northern motorway.

Police said the single-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Elliot Rd and State Highway 26 south-east of Thames about 2am.

At least 10 people have been hurt, one critically and three seriously, after five serious crashes on Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads today.

In the aftermath of the crash that killed a young farmer, the sentencing judge said ''this is not a North Otago issue in isolation'' but rather an issue for all of NZ.

A tractor has flipped in a crash with a truck on the outskirts of Gisborne this morning.

A person has been hurt after the car they were in went off the Coastal Highway and into a swamp at Mapua, west of Nelson.

A car has gone into the Waipawa River in central Hawke's Bay.

The man charged with carelessly driving a $20 million McLaren F1 sports car is an Australian who owns several McDonald's restaurants in Victoria.

A person is in a serious condition after a car crashed into a pole in Cambridge this morning.

A Remuera mother and grandmother who was killed yesterday after being hit by a car is being remembered as a very caring person with a beautiful family.

David and Sylvia Lawrence had been sleeping when a wheel punched through the bedroom wall of their Tauranga house, killing the driver.

A person has died after a car smashed into a home in Tauranga.

One person is in serious condition after a car hit a shop in Greenlane, Auckland.

The driver of a $20 million McLaren F1 supercar which crashed near Queenstown on Saturday has been charged with careless driving.

An Auckland man has pulled a crash victim out of a car for the second time in just over a year.

Customers of a Cambridge cafe escaped injury after the driver of a car accidentally drove into the business.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car outside Palmers Garden Centre in Remuera, Auckland.

Clinton Highway in the Clutha District is closed as a result of the crash.

The driver of a McLaren F1 car worth an estimated $20 million could be charged after a crash at Closeburn near Queenstown, police say.