Three people were taken to hospital after a pile-up involving a container truck on the north-bound lane of the Southern Motorway in Auckland this morning.
Close colleagues of a Chilean man who was seriously injured when four of his friends died in a collision last night are maintaining a vigil at hospital.
A 9-year-old boy is among a number of passengers who have been flown to hospital with serious injuries after their bus crashed near Te Anau this morning.