Emergency Services

Two ambulances and a helicopter were sent to the scene on Twizel-Omarama Road.

The weather monitoring agency says the feature is partially a response to the widespread confusion during last year's floods in Auckland. Audio

A 64-year-old man and his 86-year-old mother died when their car hit a tree and caught fire in Northland overnight.

A North Canterbury resident says they have been warned to stay on the alert for flare-ups for the next two weeks after a fire destroyed nearby homes.

The blaze in Swannanoa burnt through an estimated 12 hectares in and around the Waimakariri riverbed near Christchurch.

Four people have made it safely back to land after their boat flipped during a fishing trip in the Far North this evening.

No open-air fires are allowed and all fire permits are revoked.

In the last year, ambulance officers have responded to more people suffering from temperature related ailments, amid increasingly extreme weather events.

The fatal incident saw fire crews, police, ambulance and a rescue helicopter deployed to the beach northwest of Auckland.

The mayor of Waimakariri says it is extremely lucky no one lost their life in the North Canterbury scrub fires.

Police are investigating after yet another violent robbery at a south Auckland service station.

All lanes have reopened on Auckland's Southern Motorway after a crash but drivers should expect delays north of Bombay.

A man has died after being shot in Rangitikei, and a homicide investigation has been launched.

Westland's mayor says there will be no mandatory evacuations across the district tonight, with officials confident rivers are handling the deluge well.

The foreign visitors had become trapped under steep cliffs while walking to the gannet colony.

Three houses and a church have been lost in one of several fires burning in the Loburn area this afternoon, Fire and Emergency says.

Police say a woman who was found in her wheelchair on SH1 near Kaikohe has been reunited with her family and is safe and well.

Firefighters have now contained a four-hectare grass and scrub fire near Lake Benmore in the Upper Waitaki area of Otago.

Streets have now been reopened after a suspicious item was found to be of no concern.