Emergency services are heading to a crash in South Auckland near Auckland's Sylvia Park where a person is believed to be trapped.

A motorcyclist is in a serious condition after a crash in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere.

Police said the motorcyclist appears to have hit the side of a bridge.

Police are advising motorists to avoid travel on State Highway 1 in the Wellington region due to a crash.

A woman whose vehicle was struck by a train at an Auckland level crossing yesterday was rushing to the airport, a witness says.

Two people have died and a third been injured in a serious crash on State Highway 1 in South Waikato.

Virginian couple had been honeymooning in New Zealand for just five days when husband was killed in a Wairarapa car crash.

The crash happened on Spencer St about 2.15pm today.

A person has been trapped in an upturned vehicle after a serious accident in the Karangahake Gorge.

A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.

Truck's brakes fail causing it to roll backwards down Auckland's main street ploughing into a van.

Two crashes in as many days resulted in vehicles rolling after incidents in Queenstown over the weekend.

Max Richards' dog Pink refused to leave his side, after he was struck by a car on his morning walk.

An appeal for witnesses has been issued following a crash which killed a man in Auckland yesterday.

Police are investigating after a milk tanker ran off the road in North Otago, killing the driver.

There's a big hole in Lance Carter's life. A hole that was previously filled by Leigh Rhodes, the love of his life.

A man was killed in a car crash in the Whangarei district.

A major South Island highway is closed after a truck crash.

Queenstown's bar community is in mourning after one of its own died in an eerie car crash.

A driver who survived an accident south of Te Kuiti last night was apparently killed in the aftermath of the crash.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash which left a talented and loving father of five dead.

A Southland girl who was in a motorcycle crash earlier this month has died.

A truck has crashed on SH2 south of Waihi in the Athenree Gorge area.

A motorcyclist has died trying to flee from the police in a chase in Auckland this morning.

A Samoan family is in mourning after a talented and loving father of five died in a car crash.

Three people are in a serious condition after a two car crash on State Highway 2, between Tauranga and Waihi.

Firefighters who rescued two people from a car after it crashed over a cliff, dropping 40 metres from a remote road on the Coromandel Peninsula, say the couple are lucky to be alive.

The father of two Australian boys killed in a triple fatal at Huntly on Monday has spoken out, thanking New Zealanders for their kindness and support.

An early morning car crash on a Canterbury road leaves a person trapped.