Emergency Services

Two people have died after crashes in the first 12 hours of the holiday road toll period, and both sides of State Highway 2 has been closed in Lower Hutt, after a crash.

Police remain on Wood Street and the surrounding areas.

Americans Kurt Blair and Carlos Romero and an unnamed Canadian national have been missing since 2 December.

The man's body was found by a member of the public at Mitimiti, on Northland's west coast, on 19 December.

Police received a report of a car crashing into a house on Riverside Drive in Merrilands about 9.15am.

After a heart-wrenching 42 hours fearing her teenage daughter was dead, Amy Walsh has received the best Christmas present of all: "I have my girl."

The Hamilton teen went missing in Upper Hutt on Saturday night and was found on Monday in the hills above Totara Park.

Maia Johnston left a family address in Totara Park, Upper Hutt, at around 8.30pm on Saturday.

Lighting outdoor fires will be prohibited across a large swathe of the South Island from tomorrow.

Another 20 people were injured, two critically, in the crash on 19 December.

Police say a missing Christchurch woman and her two children have been found safe.

Seven people have died and several others have been injured in the past 72 hours on our roads.

Police are hunting for a motorcycle driver after two bicycle riders were seriously injured in a collision in a Whāngarei suburb Friday.

Police are warning people to drive carefully this holiday season after four people have died on the roads in the past 24 hours. Audio

Canterbury will be under a total fire ban from midday on Monday.

Twenty people were injured, two critically, in the crash between two cars and a tour bus.

Two people have died and a number of others are seriously injured after a number of crashes across the motu.

Police have been unable to identify the man and are appealing for help from the public.

Hato Hone St John says it has treated 20 people after a crash that's killed one and critically injured others near the Devil's Staircase this afternoon.

Drivers are being told to delay unnecessary travel south of Cambridge after a crash on State Highway 1.