Emergency Services

Police have said initial indications are that there have been serious injuries.

The multimillion-dollar debate was taken off the table at a major firefighting conference in Christchurch last month.

The charity is planning to axe a programme that puts volunteers in hospital emergency departments. Audio

The crash happened shortly after 4am on Thursday on Tokoroa's Bridge St.

State Highway 5 had earlier closed.

Southern Cross Campus in Auckland's Māngere went into lockdown briefly on Wednesday afternoon.

Multiple fire crews have raced to a three-storey house on fire in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham.

Police were called at 11am after the diver failed to surface in Lowry Bay.

Drivers are being told to delay travel to Kawhia.

New Zealand is again sending more fire fighters to Canada to help battle raging wildfires.

A person has been taken to hospital after the crash in Auckland's Onehunga,

One person is reported to be in a critical condition.

Three people were injured and SH1 closed after a crash near Blenheim that saw one person cut from a vehicle.

Emergency services were called to Foxton Beach near the surf club shortly after 1pm.

It is not clear whether the accident involves a mountain bike or a dirt bike - with the area popular for both.

Another crew was able to take over fighting the blaze, but the union says any delay can lead to more damage.

Fire and Emergency said the people were lucky not to have been killed by the fires in recent weeks.