Emergency Services

Emergency services were called to Long Reef Beach.

Police have closed a road in Hastings overnight after three people were found injured, one critically.

The car fire happened on southbound lanes near Grafton.

Police were called to the scene just before 6pm Wednesday.

Emergency services are still at the scene of the crash on Kahikatea Flat Rd.

The two-vehicle accident happened just after 7:50am in Matawhero.

The man's lawyer referred to the serious mental illness while he cross-examined Ministry of Social Development staff.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Paremata Road and State Highway 59.

A 50-year-old man, who has name suppression, is accused of murdering five people by setting the boarding house alight in May, 2023.

A second person has serious injuries, while a third is in a moderate condition.

The Serious Crash Unit is making enquiries into the circumstances of the crash.

The assault occurred earlier this month, but police shared images of the man this afternoon.

The Petone Esplanade was temporarily closed, but has has since reopened and emergency services have left the scene.

The plague of breakdowns in Auckland's firefighting heavy aerial appliances, or big-ladder trucks, has struck again - this time at an overnight fire in Kumeū.

It caused a dog handler to receive cuts to his hand, and a dog to suffer cuts to his paws.

Seven fire crews arrived at the scene on Ocean Beach Road.

CCTV footage shows a resident telling another, who would later die, that someone was "trying to kill" them.

The young child was found a few hours after she was reported missing.