A Facebook page and an online donation account have been set up to help the family of a 5-year-old girl badly injured in a crash near Russell last week.
Luka Herewini-Kelsen suffered life-threatening head injuries in a head-on crash on the Russell-Whakapara road last Wednesday and remains in a critical condition in Auckland's Starship Hospital.
Luka lives in Kaitaia with her twin brother Koda and mother Kimberley Herewini-Kelsen. She had been visiting her father in Waitangi at the time of the crash. Koda was uninjured.
The founder of the Facebook support page wrote: "We know how stressful this time can be when trying to care for a loved one in a hospital far from home, at the same time as taking care of the rest of your children. To help Luka's whanau we have set up a fundraising webpage where you can make donations safely and securely."
Donations would be passed on to the family four weeks after payments had cleared but anyone who wanted to make an immediate donation could arrange it by private message.