The patient is said to have suffered moderate injuries.

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.

A head-on crash on the Kapiti coast has led to a plea for drivers to slow down and drive to the conditions.

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.

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.

A 68-year-old man associated with the maintenance of a bus which crashed on Arthur's Pass on New Year's Eve has been charged.

One person has been killed in a crash near Whakatane this morning.

Four people have been transported to Palmerston North Hospital after two cars crashed near Massey University this morning.

A truck has crashed into the living room of a home in Henderson, in West Auckland.

The driver, a 42-year-old male, is to appear in Wellington District Court later today on a charge of failing to stop and a number of unrelated charges.

A car accident has robbed a family of two young brothers who were on their way to pay their respects to an uncle who had recently died.

A car has flipped on an Auckland motorway this afternoon, injuring one passenger.

Homes in west Auckland are without power after a car hit a transformer.