An Auckland Council worker has escaped serious injury after his car was struck by a freight train in West Auckland this morning.

Emergency services in southern Wairarapa are busy today dealing with three car crashes, the most serious of which saw a woman flown to hospital by helicopter.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

A woman injured in a fatal car crash on State Highway 1 is now in a stable condition in hospital.

SH1 is now closed between Warkworth and Wellsford, and motorists are advised to use SH16 as an alternative route.

Roof of Risingholme Community Centre collapses after blaze rips through it.

Eleven people have died on our roads up until midnight, the highest number of deaths for a Queen's Birthday weekend since 1989.

Police, firefighters and ambulance were called to Manor Park, Lower Hutt after the incident shortly after 6pm.

A police spokesman said no one was in the car when it was removed from the water.

More than 3200 residential fires were recorded last year -- up from 2635 in 2011.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation late tonight after a fire in Sandringham, Auckland.

Two vehicles collided just before 12.40pm today on State Highway 31, Tihiroa, north of Otorohanga.

A 4-year-old girl who had gone missing from a rural property in Northland has been found alive and well.

A fire service spokeswoman said the residents of the home on Shetland St were safely at a neighbour's house.

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed through a fence in an Auckland suburb.

A 22-year-old male was flown to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition after he drove his ute into a tree in South Head, on the Kaipara Harbour.

Emergency services were called to a house in Strathmore Ave, Strathmore Park at 1.15pm.

Police are investigating a technical fault with the 111 system which prevented people from reaching emergency services in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Four people were killed in three separate road incidents around the country yesterday.

A woman died after a car and ute collided in Upper Hutt this evening.

Police confirmed two cars were involved in the collision on State Highway 10, at Puketona Junction, this evening.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze close to houses near Christchurch this evening.

A child has been burned after a barbecue exploded in west Auckland this afternoon.

An Auckland man was so inspired by a toy ambulance fundraising campaign, he donated a fully functioning ambulance and rapid response vehicle to St John.

Police are not immediately able to confirm how many people have died in the 4pm crash involving a car and a truck on State Highway 1, near Chertsey.

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Margaret St and Tirau St in Putaruru at 8pm.

Two people are dead and five others have been injured in a two-car smash near Twizel in the South Island tonight.