A woman was cut free from her car that crashed into a ditch in Horowhenua this afternoon.

A man has been charged in relation to a crash at a Masterton petrol station.

An early morning hunting trip turned to disaster for two women when the quad bike they were on plunged over a cliff.

WATCH: Aerial footage. Three people have been killed after a car collided with a truck on the Desert Rd this morning.

Two teenage brothers killed in a car crash last weekend were "blessed with generous, caring and loving hearts", their mother says.

The main road in and out of Stillwater is cut off to all traffic this evening as the jaws of life are used to cut a person out of a car following a serious crash.

Two people have been injured, one critically, in a two-car crash in the Waikato tonight.

Police, ambulance and fire services are at the scene of the crash involving two cars and a truck, on State Highway 3 near Corbett Road.

A lane on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway has reopened after a crash but traffic will still be backed up as rush hour nears.

A head-on crash has injured four people in the Hauraki Plains area.

A car crash on the Northern Motorway is causing traffic woes in Auckland tonight.

One person has been taken to the emergency department following a three-way car crash in Palmerston North this morning.

A 19-year-old woman who died when her farm bike was struck by a ute has been named by police.

A man is in a critical condition after a two car crash on the Hawke's Bay Expressway this evening.

The only survivor of a Hamilton crash which killed four others is home and on the road to recovery.

The Manawatu Gorge road has reopened following the recovery of a truck that plummeted off the road and into the river on Friday.

A fatal crash at Kaiwaka has closed SH1. Emergency services are at the scene and diversions will be put in place.

Traffic is congested coming into Auckland city from the North Shore after a crash on the Harbour Bridge.

One person is dead after a ute and a truck collided near Maramarua this morning, causing the ute to flip.

A man has died after coming off his motorcycle in Waikato this morning.

The mum of one of two hero police officers who helped save the lives of two people when a truck plunged into the Manawatu Gorge praised her son.

Two teenage brothers killed in a central North Island crash have been remembered as loveable boys who wore their hearts on their sleeves.

Two teenaged brothers died in the double-fatal crash near Taupo on Friday night.

A brawl broke out on Auckland's Southern Motorway after a driver took exception to the way another motorist was changing lanes, police say.

Traffic is heavy on the Auckland Harbour bridge after a truck broke down, causing delays.

The chopper pilot behind yesterday's Manawatu River crash rescue has told of a "bloody great team effort" to save lives.

Two males died when a car hit a tree and rolled near Taupo late last night.

Two people died when their car hit a tree and rolled in rural Tirohanga, near Taupo on Friday night.

Officers stayed with truck driver in water for an hour keeping his head above water after dramatic Manawatu Gorge plunge.

Samuel Young has failed in his bid for a discharge without conviction after a tragic accident took the life of 17-year-old Brody Sutherland.