A section of Auckland's Southwestern motorway has reopened after two people were seriously injured in a crash.

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.

A smattering of eager Pokemon Go players are hurting themselves - and costing taxpayers.

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

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.

Two children were flown to Waikato Hospital yesterday after sustaining facial injuries in separate incidents.

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.

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

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

A logging truck's trailer has rolled in Waikato, sending logs sprawling across both lanes.

A boy who fell from school playground equipment has escaped serious injury.

One person has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition following a crash in the central North Island which left five others injured, too.

A woman who fell from a cliff in Auckland's Stanley Bay last night is in a stable condition.

A German tourist has died after falling down a ravine while taking a photo at the ancient city of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes.

A person has died in an accident at a flooring factory in Silverdale, north of Auckland, this morning.

Police make major breakthrough into the crash which killed four people near Hamilton Airport on Friday night.

A woman is in hospital with arm and chest injuries after being kicked in the chest by a cow in Hawkes Bay.

Waikato police say they are investigating whether two cars were racing each other and whether an altercation took place shortly before the fatal crash.

State Highway 29a is blocked in both directions following a serious crash that left five people injured, two seriously.

A man in his 60s who was injured in an electrical accident at a Christchurch fertiliser plant remains in intensive care at Middlemore Hospital.

A motorcyclist is believed to have crossed the centre line and crashed into a car near Matamata yesterday.

The driver of a car, which crashed and led to the closure of a highway just north of Whangarei early this morning, is in a critical condition.

A fisherman who fell from a cliff onto rocks near a popular fishing spot east of Auckland is now stable and recovering in a ward at Middlemore Hospital.

An elderly man killed in a multiple car crash in Dome Valley this week has been named as James Eoin Gillespie.

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.