Emergency Services

Conditions in the area were so rough the central Queensland coast guard squadron wasn't able to respond until several hours after the emergency call came in, its commodore James Fleming said.

Police are calling for witnesses after a woman was killed and three people injured in a crash near Greymouth.

The two-week search for a fisherman missing off the Bay of Plenty coast has been formally suspended.

People who say they've suffered bullying, harassment and abuse at Fire and Emergency New Zealand are sceptical about a new review of the workplace culture.

Police are continuing to investigate the deaths of four teenagers in Invercargill after a deadly Anzac weekend on our roads. Audio

A man has died after getting into trouble at Piha beach west of Auckland this morning.

One person has died following a residential fire on Māngere Road in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu this morning.

A man killed in a crash in Christchurch last night was an off-duty St John ambulance officer.

Police say the children have moderate injuries and have been taken to hospital.

Four people have died on New Zealand's roads over the Easter holiday period, down on last year's toll of nine. Audio

Emergency services attended the fire in the suburb of Kensington shortly after 10pm.

One person has died and another has been critically injured in a crash near Queenstown.

Firefighters are warning a fire that has been devastating conservation land could flare up and spread with more windy, dry conditions on the way. Audio

Fire crews are still working to a containment line around the major fire at Awarua, near Invercargill.

A major fire at Awarua, south of Invercargill, is burning through about 1000 hectares of mānuka scrub and peat soils in the drought-stricken region.

Firefighters are battling a major vegetation fire at Awarua, south of Invercargill.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash on Hills Road in the Auckland suburb of Otara.