The blaze sent a plume of black smoke into the air above the South Western Motorway.

One person is in Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after two cars collided shortly before 10pm on Tuesday night.

A 33-year-old Dunedin psychology student appeared in court yesterday in relation to a wild car ride which left a trail of destruction in Mornington.

A three-car nose to tail collision on Auckland's Southern Motorway early this morning has seen one women taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

A woman in her 30s has been taken to hospital in a serious condition.

A road is closed in Christchurch after a pedestrian was struck by a car early this morning.

A local cyclist was killed in a collision with a light truck just north of Hokitika this morning.

Four cars were involved in a crash in which one car overturned outside Bucklands Beach Intermediate.

Chinese national Limin Ma has admitted causing the death of Dunedin man Riley Baker in a head-on crash when he crossed the centre line to view the ocean.

The woman who died after being hit while trying to warn motorists about an accident on State Highway 1 has been named as Medelina Muir.

A man is in a serious condition after a motorbike accident on a property in Kinleith.

One person is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash south of the Bombay Hills early this morning.

Actor James Rolleston remains in a stable condition in a ward in Waikato Hospital after a horror car crash nearly a month ago.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.30pm, a Fire Service spokeswoman said.

A truck driver and his female passenger have been seriously injured after a two truck crash in Brookby, Auckland.

A car and truck collide trapping a person inside a vehicle in Remuera this morning.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

A crash that blocked part of Auckland's busy central motorway is now clear.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

Two people have been taken to hospital after colliding with a parked truck in Auckland. Meanwhile, a person was trapped after car rolled.

A tourist driver has had her appeal heard in the Napier High Court this morning after being jailed for killing a young motorcyclist earlier this year.

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

St John was required to send five ambulances to the scene.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

Two people have been freed after they were trapped in their vehicles in a crash at Timaru.

One person is dead after a car was discovered submerged in a culvert near Balfour, Southland.

A Tauranga man has been flown by rescue helicopter to Waikato Hospital, after his condition deteriorated rapidly following a motorcycle crash.

A person was trapped in a car for more than an hour after the vehicle crashed and rolled near Whakatane.

A pedestrian is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Auckland this morning.

A truck driver suffered a likely medical event before his vehicle ploughed into two houses in South Auckland this morning.