Emergency Services

Jason Paul Wharerau's heartbroken whānau has described him as clever, cheeky, loving and full of wairua.

FENZ has applied for independent facilitation to put an end to its long running dispute with the firefighters union.

This search will be the third time police have returned to the property following the initial 10-day search in September.

Police have found the body of a man in Lake Rua after being alerted to a missing person on Sunday.

More than a dozen firefighters were called to a large house fire on Auckland's Waiheke Island overnight.

Police received a report of person needing help in the water about 3.30pm.

Fina battered Darwin with the worst winds since the deadly Cyclone Tracy, tearing down powerlines, trees and damaging buildings.

The trucking industry is urging the government to grant stronger powers to impound unsafe vehicles.

NZTA advised motorists to follow the directions given by traffic controllers on-site.

A person and their dog were extracted by helicopter, after getting stuck about 60 metres down.

Police are still investigating what caused the blaze that killed Goldie, Hugo and August Field.

One person has died, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on a driveway.

Unions now have an additional two weeks to respond on the loss of 140 non-firefighter roles.

The incident followed a separate crash nearby that backed up traffic on SH1 on Thursday.

Emergency services are still at the scene of the crash in Auckland's Epsom.

Fire and Emergency is calling on the professional firefighters union to call off strike action planned for today.

A third person was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.

Fire crews were called to the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road at 2:50pm on Thursday.

More than 140 jobs could be cut as part of FENZ restructure proposal. Audio

Police have confirmed a person died at the scene following a crash in the Auckland suburb on Thursday morning.