Three people have moderate injuries and three people have minor injuries.

Traffic is being detoured and motorists warned of delays.

The issue during a launch rehearsal resulted in fire service crews attending.

Two cars have gone off the road in separate accidents on the Coromandel Peninsula today.

Two fires on a ship that have been burning since Monday night are still smouldering.

Local police have called diesel mechanic apprentice Andrew Field's action "heroic"

One lane of SH1 north of Wellington is blocked, just as rush hour approaches.

The car ran off the road with one person inside.

Totara St in Mount Maunganui is closed after a fatal collision this morning.

Several fire crews are battling a fire at a factory started by a piece of machinery.

A car and a light truck collided in the Hamilton suburb of Temple View.

Plane repaired in Palmerston North, arrives Auckland two hours late.

Passengers aboard a light plane crash in West Melton have walked away unscathed.

The incident happened on South-Eastern Highway in Penrose.

"It was all a bit chaotic with woman and kids screaming - I don't remember much."

Three times as many people died over the long weekend as last year.

A caller told police they could see someone holding onto rocks at the cliffside.

Teacher sprints across school field with defibrillator wearing heels to save her colleague

The death brings the Easter weekend road toll to two.

Traffic is backing up after the crash at Whatawhata at 2.10pm today.

Firefighters are extinguishing one fire and inspecting another on the same street.

The single occupant of the car had sustained critical injuries in the crash.

The patients were now being transported to Tauranga Hospital.

Police attended the incident on Alfriston Rd, in Manurewa, around 4.20pm.

Two cars have collided on SH1 in Piarere.

A diversion was in place down Raynes Rd and State Highway 21.

Police were called to the scene on Eastern Hutt Rd just after 2pm.

The crash happened on Porana Rd between Wairau Rd and Goldfield Rd this evening.

A crash between a car and a truck has closed SH 1 near Redwood Pass Rd.

Crews dressed in protective gear are trying to identify the chemical.