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Three people in hospital after two-vehicle crash in Tirau
SH1 Putāruru is closed in both directions between the intersection of Webster Rd and SH5.
SH1 Putāruru is closed in both directions between the intersection of Webster Rd and SH5.
A drone picked up thermal hotspots overnight which crews will now focus on.
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Fenz received multiple calls from around the city saying the volcano was ablaze.
Fire and Emergency are still looking into the cause of the blaze.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area, seek alternate routes and expect delays.
Roads have now reopened after the blaze in central Auckland.
Keep windows and doors shut to avoid the smoke, fire brigade says.
The 58-year-old was flown to hospital with critical injuries.
The last three years have been New Zealand's warmest in recorded history, Niwa says.
Young children were also injured in the two-car collision on SH1 north of Christchurch.
A single shotgun blast through a car window left two men critical, with one later dying.
More than two dozen rescues have been carried out in Central Victoria as floods continue.
About 20 people helped free the 8-year-old Dunedin boy trapped under a waterfall.
Pink butterfly-painted fingernails were found next to the woman's body.
It is the same stretch of road where two people died yesterday.
Strong winds prevented a helicopter rescue team from winching the kayaker to safety.
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Two people have died and several people have been injured in a crash near Christchurch. Video / George Heard
Gavin Thomas Lack served with the Lincoln volunteer brigade for over 12 years.
There are no longer houses under immediate threat, Fenz says.
Police believe the body is 19-year-old Hiran Joseph, who went missing on January 2.
Middlemore was one of eight 'higher-risk' EDs that received five extra security staff.
Rob Hewitt has reflected on his own ordeal of floating alone at sea for 72 hours.
Will Fransen spent nearly 24 hours drifting in the ocean without even a life jacket.
Police say two people were arrested after calls of concern from the public.
The man used the reflection of the sun on his watch to catch his rescuers' attention.
Crews were called to the fire at the Takanini Hall at 8.56pm.
Son, 15, went for help after watching mum "cartwheel" off bridge on bike trip.
The missing person is one of three who got into trouble in the water.