Emergency Services
Midday Report Essentials for 22 August 2025
In today's episode, Emergency Services will now be able to locate people via their cell phones, even if they have not called 111 themselves; The Women's Rugby World Cup is set to start on Saturday… Audio
Bus and e-scooter collide in central Auckland
Two people were injured after a bus crashed into an e-scooter.
Tradesperson dies at school in Levin
The school has praised staff and emergency services for their quick response.
Cause of emergency alert woes revealed
The National Emergency Management Agency has been looking into why some got multiple alerts - and others got none - during last month's tsunami scare.
Fire crews called to blaze in block of shops in Hamilton
Fire crews are damping down hotspots after shops in the suburb of Hillcrest caught on fire overnight.
Car crashes into wall at train station, two injured
The car crashed into a wall at Manurewa Train Station shortly before 9pm, according to emergency services.
FENZ reveal changes to better battle major weather events
The agency revealed the changes at today's inquest into 2023's deadly storms, with hearings currently in the Auckland phase.
Person taken to hospital after suspected chlorine leak at poultry plant
Firefighters and St John are responding to a suspected chlorine leak at the Tegel poultry plant in Christchurch's Hei Hei.
Waikato prison lockdown ends after inmates start riot, light fires
A group of 11 prisoners refused to leave the exercise yard and lit fires at Spring Hill Corrections Facility.
Three people, two dogs rescued from cable car over Whanganui River
Emergency services have rescued three people and two dogs who were trapped in a cable car suspended above the river.
Arrest made after Palmerston North housefire
Police have charged a man with setting fire to the property and possessing a weapon.
Two arrested after armed threats in Christchurch
Emergency services were called to a group of people holding a firearm and making threats from a vehicle in Shirley around 1.20am.
One dead, two critically hurt after crash near Matamata
Police said the crash involved two vehicles, and happened at the intersection of Waharoa Road East and Pohlen Road shortly before 5:25pm.
Three arrested after drivers flee in Manawatū, police say
A group of dangerous drivers have been arrested after an on-road confrontation with police in Palmerston North overnight, police say.
Olaide Saddiq's Grenfell Tower documentary
Netflix doco Grenfell traces the events leading up to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. Audio
Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old, 45 years on
Police hope to use a forensic tool to solve the murder of Alicia O'Reilly, who was killed in Auckland in 1980.
Fire crews respond to separate plane incidents
A Jetstar plane reportedly had smoke coming from it, while a light aircraft made an emergency landing at Christchurch Airport.
Minibus fire put out after blocking lane on SH1
Fire and Emergency were notified to reports of a vehicle ablaze on State Highway 59 at Linden between Tawa and Porirua.
Bus catches fire outside depot
Staff noticed smoke coming from the engine of the diesel-powered bus around 8.48am.
Councils warn they can't afford to comply with proposed rules that will force them to upgrade their emergency preparedness
Councils are warning they can't afford to comply with proposed rules that will force them to upgrade their emergency preparedness. Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz talked to Corin Dann. Audio
