Emergency Services

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.

The route is shut near Mount View Road in southern Hamilton.

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

Five people have been injured, and drivers are being told to avoid the area and expect delays.

State Highway 35 was blocked and motorists were advised to find alternative routes.

A crash between a minivan and a car has seen 12 people taken to a number of hospitals in the North Island.

Trouble getting a chopper to help a girl trapped on a cliff face was not an isolated incident, the firefighters union says. Audio

Items of climbing equipment were found within a known icefall hazard zone on the upper Linda Glacier.

Emergency services were called to the crash site near Flemington south of Waipukurau last night.

Police, paramedics and volunteers are concerned about the number of unsupervised young people who arrive with alcohol.

The legal action is the latest twist in ongoing collective agreement negotiations.

Northland's top firefighter said the region's unusual weather conditions could be heightened by a front travelling up the country on Wednesday.

Fire crews worked on the building from aerial trucks because the fire fuelled by polystyrene made it too dangerous to enter.

The fire, located between Waitōtara township and Waiinu Beach settlement, started on Monday afternoon and is yet to be contained.

Fire and Emergency said crews were called to the site and the reported fire was a false alarm