Three tourists have been injured in a a car crash in northern Southland.

An unconscious person had to be cut out of a car after a crash in east Auckland this morning, which also injured four others.

Young Muna Taunga had little to say. "My mum's a hero," said the small girl. And then the story came out.

Passers-by and eyewitnesses supported the weight of a teetering tourist bus.

Parents of a baby critically injured when his car seat came loose during a crash, says they checked he was buckled up.