A man is dead and four people, including a mother and her baby, have suffered injuries in a car crash in Northern Wairarapa today.

A person has survived a serious crash near Tauranga - only to be struck by another vehicle soon after.

Four families will be "broken forever", a top road cop says as the Queen's Birthday road toll last night almost equalled last year's toll.

The death of a motorcyclist this afternoon has brought the long weekend road toll to three in just 24 hours.

Two people have died and at least eight have been seriously injured on the roads so far this holiday weekend.

Police said the crash happened after they received numerous calls about racers in the early hours of this morning.

Another person has died on the roads this holiday weekend already following a serious crash on State Highway 3 near Te Kuiti.

A man has died and several others - including a pregnant woman - have been injured in multiple crashes so far this holiday weekend.

Emergency services are racing to the scene of a serious crash on State Highway 1, near Karitane.

A fleet of ambulances and helicopters rescued seven tourists from a motor vehicle crash on the Haast Pass road, State Highway 6, about 10km north of Makarora yesterday.

One person has died and another is in hospital after a vehicle crashed into the back of a parked truck in South Auckland this morning.

A furniture truck tipped on its side in Puketapu, west of Napier, destroying a steel barrier and fence.

Two people are in serious condition after a car hit a power pole in Wellsford this evening.

Police are seeking witnesses to a car accident on Portal St, Whanganui, this morning.

A person had to be freed from a car after it rolled in West Auckland.

A 19-year-old whose car went head-on into a power pole in Waikato early this morning, is now in a stable condition.

Five people suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in the eastern Bay of Plenty this morning.

Two people have been injured, one seriously, after a two car crash in Pukekohe this evening.

One person is dead after a crash near the Burnham military camp in Canterbury.

A driver escaped unhurt after the logging truck he was driving caught fire in Northland.

A driver who suffered a medical event this morning, crashed his car into a building.

A man suffered spinal injuries and a cut head after a light truck rolled down a 4m bank in Waikato today.

One person has escaped with minor injuries after their car hit a tree on a country road near Kaukapakapa.

A Wellington crash has closed one lane on Happy Valley Rd in Brooklyn.

Five primary school-aged pupils were injured when the school bus they were on crashed north of Auckland after its handbrake failed.

A man was flown to hospital after he was ejected from the vehicle he was driving in a "high speed roll-over" in the Waikato.

Auckland traffic is being held up by two separate crashes on motorways this morning.

A 26-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving rolled on State Highway 10 early this morning.

A man who crashed into a power pole last night is still in critical condition in Christchurch Hospital.

A driver with serious injuries had to be freed from a car after crashing into a power pole north of Christchurch tonight.