Emergency Services

A fire in a commercial warehouse in the Auckland suburb of East Tamaki has been extinguished.

Police and fire investigators are examining a Christchurch scrapyard where about 100 cars caught fire last night.

Hato Hone St John says its new Residential Emergency Medical Technicial programme has been successful so far in tackling staff shortages.

A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of another man in Hamilton earlier today.

Black ribbons line the fence outside the Rotorua Ambulance Station commemorating the death of one of their own. St John chief executive Dan Ohs says the loss of their officer is hard to stomach.

St John says it is devastated to be grieving the loss of one of its own following a serious crash near Cambridge early this morning.

A person has died in an crash on State Highway 3, south of Kihikihi.

A person has died and an ambulance driver was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Tirau Road (SH1) at Cambridge.

Ill-prepared, and with the wrong equipment, three have-a-go cavers descended into a complex cave system, sparking a late-night rescue.

One person is still in a stable condition in hospital after five people from the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand died when a boat capsized at Goose Bay yesterday.

The exact size of the spill is yet to be determined but there have been no reports of poisonings or injuries in relation to it.

The Whanganui police area commander says plans for a new police hub are progressing and a revised completion date will soon be set.

A person has died in a house fire in Levin this morning.

A body has been found after a search was launched for a jet ski fisherman missing at Kawakawa Bay, south east of Auckland.

Police are searching for clues about what led up to the discovery of a man's body on SH1, south of Waipu.

One person has been killed after a crash in Rotorua early this morning.

Police have arrested a woman after a body was found in Manukau.