Emergency Services

Two men have been arrested for illegal gun possession near a suspected arson at a Huntly business, and police are appealing for witnesses.

Fire and Emergency is investigating a fire that took hold at a commercial building in Hamilton overnight, close to where another blaze was put out last week.

Auckland's Northern Motorway is partially blocked heading southbound following a multiple vehicle crash.

A man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in Hamilton and another critically injured.

Firefighters are focusing on dampening hot spots at a fire on the Māhia Peninsula that came dangerously close to houses.

A driver whose vehicle hit a building in Howick on Friday has died.

KiwiRail failed to follow a decade-old Coroner's recommendation to fence an area of railway line where a young Matamata College student was killed by a train this week.

Fire and Emergency says four homes had to be evacuated during a fire next to State Highway 1 in Northland's Brynderwyn Hills on Friday afternoon.

A long-serving firefighter has been told to familiarise himself with sexual harassment policy after a protracted employment investigation in which he was fired and then reinstated.

FENZ says the fire is now contained but not controlled.

Across the ditch, shoppers are still facing supply shortages thousands of kilometres from the disaster zone.

Ruapuna Speedway says a full investigation has been launched into a "freak accident" which left a driver with serious burns.

Nearly a dozen crews were sent to the blaze, which was first reported about 7pm Sunday.

Daniel Spindler said he heard it before he saw it.

The man came down and was later arrested, police said.