Emergency Services

The Whakaari/White Island disaster inquest has heard how the quick thinking of a tour boat passenger helped treat survivors with fresh water.

The Geraldine-Fairlie Highway in Canterbury is closed after two vehicles crashed.

The Auckland City Fire Station was closed on Friday when possible asbestos contamination was identified.

A spate of arson attacks on cell towers in Wānaka and the wider Otago region has left people angry and worried about communication outages, as police urge locals to report any suspicious behaviour. Audio

The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union says the central Auckland building needs a full remediation.

Fire and Emergency says precautionary testing found no airborne particles at the Pitt Street site.

A person has died after a car crash in Whangārei on Saturday night.

One person is dead after a house fire overnight in Rakaia, Canterbury.

One person has died after a motorcycle crash near Palmerston.

The collision between the scooter and a car happened at the intersection of Mount St and Symonds St on Saturday afternoon.

Fire and Emergency has closed Auckland's central Pitt Street station and ordered urgent tests after asbestos dust was found, with results due on Monday.

Fire and Emergency says the asbestos, which was revealed by dust sampling, has come as a disappointing surprise.

The Fiji Airways flight encountered the birds as it left Christchurch and spent two hours circling above the airport.

The operation took most of Saturday night, with the man suffering hypothermia and struggling to walk.

Firefighters had to be reminded of the ban, when they turned up to an emergency callout at Christchurch Airport over the weekend.

The truck from the Grey Lynn station would have the first to a fire, but the accelerator snapped.

The road has reopened after the crash.

A truck that crashed into a guard rail on a winding corner near Arthur's Pass is blocking traffic.