Two men missing after waterfall incidents
Emergency services are searching for the men at Hunua Falls and the Maketu Waterfall.
Emergency services are searching for the men at Hunua Falls and the Maketu Waterfall.
The kite was caught by a gust of wind and crashed.
The police pursuit was "quickly abandoned" due to the nature of the man's driving.
The incident is believed to have occurred at the Maketu Waterfall.
Emergency services were called to the incident on Bealey Ave shortly before 5pm.
The police dive squad is expected to return to the scene this morning.
The crash happened about 3pm on the Thames Coast road.
Fire crews are responding to a scrub fire measuring 500sqm in the Coromandel Peninsula.
Emergency services were called to the serious crash in Paekakariki at 11.30am today.
The scooter rider is a foreign national and there was no sign she was wearing a helmet.
The driver then crashed a second time on a bridge near the Taupiri cemetery.
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People with information can call Detective Richelle Brownlie on (07) 870 7057.
Police called to the address in central Auckland shortly before 4pm.
Police have asked motorists to avoid the area and diversions are in place.
"Police are confident of a swift and successful resolution to this matter."
WorkSafe NZ has been notified about the incident.
One person has died following a serious crash in Longbush, Carterton.
Emergency services were notified about the incident near Taihape earlier today.
The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter assisted the man and flew him to hospital.
"I tumbled backward, pin-balling down the rock."
One person was seriously injured in the smash between a car and a bus.
Crash involving three vehicles, one a petrol tanker, on State Highway 1 at Ohakuri.
"[I] looked out the window and saw the flames, couldn't see much but a ball of fire."
A 33-year-old man is in a critical condition after being shot on Brigham Creek Rd.
State Highway 3 is closed after the incident which took place this afternoon.
Motorists are being warned to expect delays as holidaymakers return home.