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.

Two people are in a moderate condition after their car rolled onto its roof in Otago due to ice on the road.

Boy, 14, thrown onto car bonnet, before hitting the road.

First person to lose their life over holiday weekend was passionate about 1937 Ford Cabriolet convertible.

The Queen's Birthday road toll is now up to seven following the death of a man involved in a crash yesterday.

The teen and a 9-year-old, who suffered serious injuries, were in a car which crashed into a tree on Ferguson St in Mangere at about 9.15am yesterday.

Police have knocked on six families' doors due to fatal crashes on our roads this weekend but are hoping they don't have to do any more.

Six people have died on the roads this Queen's Birthday weekend, putting the official road toll above last year's count for all three days.

This morning, residents of a Mangere street were awaken to the sound of a loud bang after a car crashed into a tree.

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

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.

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.