Emergency Services

A neighbour said no one could have survived a fire of that scale, which lit up the whole New Plymouth street. Audio

Police say commuters heading to Wellington City on Thursday morning will be impacted by a serious crash in Petone.

Emergency services were called to Lamorna Road just before 8pm.

Police say the incident involved a group of young people.

NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 between Ōtaki and Levin has reopened after a serious crash.

Seven fire trucks and nearly 30 firefighters tackled the blaze at its peak.

Sources have told RNZ that the stabbing may have been linked to a club event in the central city.

The official Vietnam News Agency reported that all the tourists were Vietnamese, including several children.

Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on SH6 at Okaramio in which one person died.

Seven people were critically injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd outside a nightclub, the LA Fire Department says.

Police are searching for a missing man who was travelling to Napier from Lower Hutt.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash in Matakana, north of Auckland.

The road is expected to be closed for some time, police say.

Emergency services received reports of a collision between a vehicle and a herd of cows on Napier Road around 8.30pm.

One of the vehicles was a stolen Toyota Aqua being tracked by a Police Eagle helicopter before it crashed near Wainui.

FENZ says 21 fire trucks responded to the blaze which was put out just after 10pm.

Motorists are advised to stay clear of the area and expect delays.

The two-vehicle crash in the Horowhenua District happened at around 4.15pm.

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to in relation to a fire that significantly damaged St Mary's Church in Auckland.