Road accident

Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei.

Emergency services attended two crashes in the North Island that resulted in serious injuries, this morning.

A person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash north of Wellington this afternoon.

Two people have sustained moderate injuries after their vehicle crashed in Northland this morning, trapping one of the occupants.

Two people have died in separate crashes in the Bay of Plenty this morning as torrential rain hit the region.

Former Hurricane Chris Eaton has expressed his grief over losing his wife Hannah who died in a crash at the weekend.

A man has died following a two-car crash near Taupo early this morning.

A woman died in a head-on smash between the people-mover she was driving and an articulated truck in Ormond township early this morning.

A 51-year-old man killed when his ute crashed into a tree north of Turangi last night was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.

Two people were critically injured when a van full of Taiwanese tourists and another carrying a shearing gang collided in King Country this afternoon.