Commuters are facing an arduous Friday night drive home after a crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge this afternoon.

Emergency services are on the way to a car crash in Waione, where at least one person may still be trapped in the vehicle.

Emergency services have managed to free a person trapped in a vehicle after a car crash in South Auckland.

A major crash has blocked a major route across the Wellington region this morning.

An empty school bus and truck have collided north of Wellsford this morning.

A woman in her 40s is fighting for her life after she was hit by a truck at Turua near Thames.

A driver has been airlifted to hospital after a serious truck crash on the East Coast this morning.

A truck and car were involved in a serious accident north of Christchurch this morning.

An American tourist who died on a bike ride in Tauranga has been named.

Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash in rural Hawke's Bay tonight.

A pregnant woman is in hospital after suffering critical injuries when the car she was driving and another vehicle collided in the Dome Valley.

An Oamaru man who caused a five-car smash that left five injured and one dead was a learner driver and had smoked two bongs before getting behind the wheel.

One person is in a critical condition follow a two-car crash on State Highway 1, just north of Tirau.

Two people have minor injuries after a bus and truck crashed in Auckland.

Four people were lucky to walk away unhurt, after their car crashed into a tree, rolled, then hit a parked car, which then struck a house.

A man has died in a single car crash in Ahipara south east of Kaitaia.

One person is dead after a crash 20 minutes north of Matamata this afternoon.

A house bus and a car have collided on State Highway One south of Christchurch just before midday but the occupants are unscathed.

A truck driver had a lucky escape after it ploughed through a fence and flipped over in a paddock on SH3 in New Plymouth this morning.

State Highway 1 north of Ruakaka is down to one lane.

Around 200 homes and businesses are without power in Whanganui after an early morning smash.

The family of the 11-year-old boy killed in a car crash which injured six other children are remembering a "real character" who always made them laugh.

Motorists are told to take public transport or expect to sit in traffic after incidents leave Auckland motorway crawling.

A car with four people inside drove off a bluff on Christchurch's Port Hills last night.

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.