5 Dec 2025

Person in hospital as car ploughs into Auckland villa

9:56 am on 5 December 2025
One person has been taken to hospital in moderate condition after a car crashed into a house in the Auckland suburb of Grafton.

The vehicle that crashed into a house in Auckland this morning. Photo: Finn Blackwell

One person has been taken to hospital in moderate condition after a car crashed into a house in the Auckland suburb of Grafton.

The crash, on Seafield View Rd, was reported to police just after 7.30am on Friday.

Car vs house - Seafield View Road, Grafton - 5 December 2025

The vehicle has suffered substantial damage. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

An RNZ reporter at the scene said the vehicle, a white Toyota RAV4, has gone into the front facade of a villa, taking out the front door.

It is not yet known whether the person who was injured was the driver of the vehicle or an occupant of the house.

Next door neighbour Caleb told an RNZ reporter he heard sirens earlier that morning but not the crash.

"I was in my bed and I heard a siren go for like one second," he said.

"And then it stopped and I was like 'oh what's that'."

Police enquiries into the cause of the crash are continuing.

Car vs house - Seafield View Road, Grafton - 5 December 2025

There is also significant damage to the house. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Car vs house - Seafield View Road, Grafton - 5 December 2025

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

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