A man has moderate injuries after being trapped in his car after a crash in Auckland's One Tree Hill.

River Rd in Tuakau is still closed after chemicals were spilt from a serious crash earlier today.

But the bill for about $6500 isn't likely to break the bank.

The driver of a car which crashed, killing himself and a cyclist in Christchurch, wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was believed to have been drinking.

A person is being cut out of their car by firefighters after it collided with another vehicle on State Highway 16, near Kumeu.

A motorcyclist is believed to have crossed the centre line and crashed into a car near Matamata yesterday.

The driver of a car, which crashed and led to the closure of a highway just north of Whangarei early this morning, is in a critical condition.

The two men killed in a horror crash outside Christchurch last week have been named.

A motorcyclist has died after a crash near Matamata.

Two people are dead after a two vehicles and a cyclist collided in Christchurch.

One person has been killed and four others injured after collision on State Highway 1, just south of Warkworth.

A section of State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa is closed until midday while a crashed truck and its cargo are removed.

Emergency services are attending two crashes on Auckland's motorways this morning.

A man aged about 80 has been rescued after a night in his car stranded in a Central Hawke's Bay farm paddock.

The crash happened this morning at the intersection of Glenfield Rd and Manuka Rd in Glenfield.

Six people were injured, one critically, in a crash near Whangarei this evening.

A 50-year-old woman was trapped in her car for half an hour this afternoon after a crash on a motorway off-ramp.

Alcohol, speed and an overloaded vehicle contributed to the severity of an accident that killed Brethren members near Dargaville on Monday.

An elderly man killed in a multiple car crash in Dome Valley this week has been named as James Eoin Gillespie.

A man has been found dead at the wheel of a vehicle which had crashed in to a bakery in Thames.

Two vehicles - believed to be a logging truck and fuel tanker - have collided in the Kaingaroa Forest.

Emergency services have been called to the scene after a car crashed down a bank in Henderson.

A ute may have been driven dangerously on a Northland beach before the horrific crash which claimed the lives of three Brethren church members, police say.

Drivers are urged to drive to the conditions during winter after car crashes over the long weekend killed 11 people.

A "horrific" Queen's Birthday weekend on the roads where 11 people died in crashes over three days, the highest toll in 27 years.

Three members of the Plymouth Brethren church were among the fatalities over the long weekend.

A four-car collision near Christchurch Airport has caused a lane of traffic on SH1 to close.

Police have named a man killed in a car crash in Christchurch on Saturday.

Police have named a man killed when his car hit a tree in Kaingaroa Forest on Sunday.