Emergency Services

"I thought 'oh that doesn't sound too good,'" the witness told RNZ after the crash.

Police are investigating after two people were injured at a business north of Hamilton.

A Fire and Emergency spokesperson told RNZ there's now one fire truck monitoring the scene, and the fire investigators have left.

One person has died after a house fire in New Plymouth early on the morning of Christmas Eve.

The fire in Fernhill has left one person hospitalised and multiple buildings destroyed, with many other residents forced to evacuate their homes.

Police received reports of a body being located on the beach by a member of the public near Thames Coast Road, Kereta.

Firefighters will remain at the scene of the fire in Hastings overnight.

Omarama-Lindis Pass Road has been shut since late this morning following a crash north of the Waitaki town of Omarama.

Crews were already working long hours.

A fire investigator has been alerted.

He was taken to Taranaki Base Hospital in a moderate condition.

Motorists were being asked to avoid the intersection of Dominion and Balmoral Roads in Auckland's Mount Eden.

The manhunt for Mitchell Cole and now a second man continues, after Cole's father and stepmother were killed in a double homicide.

A search is underway to find the missing person.

Police are investigating the fire after it left one person hospitalised.

A 20-year-old man has been named by police as the person who died, after his car collided with a truck in South Auckland.

Police continue to investigate a stabbing in a central Wellington bar last week.

Emergency Services are working at the scene of a fiery crash, and police warn it has closed State Highway One lanes near Hampton Downs.

Police are investigating a sudden death after a person was pulled from the water of the geothermal area.

Maritime NZ's latest annual report found in the 2024 to 2025 financial year there were 19 fatal recreational boating accidents.