Five fire crews are battling a house fire in west Auckland.

Two people have died in a crash last night north of Auckland.

Emergency services were called just before 3pm to the intersection of State Highway 2 and Te Puna Quarry Rd after three cars were involved in a head-on collision.

A helicopter is being sent to the crash site, police say.

The van was hanging over motorway bridge with the driver trapped inside.

Police are investigating and a scene guard will remain overnight.

Black smoke can be seen in Papanui as emergency services deal with a fire in a building.

An injured tramper has been rescued from the Heaphy Track after suffering a fall.

Car's occupant dies at scene after crash involving car and milk tanker on SH3.

George Agnew, of Canterbury, had been camping. His family last heard from him on Tuesday.

Man lost consciousness in the gym's spa.

It's been a busy day for Nelson Hospital ED and local rescue chopper.

Supplied by Juliet Moses

Police seek second vehicle after an alleged illegal street race ends in serious crash. Both people in the car that crashed were transported to Middlemore.

The alarm was raised just after 7am.

Part of Symonds St, in Auckland city, is cordoned off as nine fire crews battle the blaze.

A 52-year-old man was rescued via helicopter in the Waitakere Ranges. / Northland Rescue Helicopters

The two-car crash has left one person trapped in their vehicle.

Auckland's Queen St is closed in both directions between Mayoral Dr and Karangahape Rd because of a fire. / Supplied by Vinay Kumar & Goran Saveski

Firefighters are working to free them. Police are at the scene at Whangarei Heads Rd.

The crash involved two vehicles, police say.

54-year-old James Gregory Nelson died after the crash on Sunday.

Search teams will focus on inshore waters off the Makara coast.

A witness has described the moment a car jumped the kerb and hit three people.

A diver was reported missing on Monday evening.

The crash happened around 6.25pm on State Highway 1 in the Rangitikei district.

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MetService has issued severe weather warnings for the east coast of the Bay of Plenty

Senior Station Officer Chris Lind speaks from the scene of an apartment fire at Augustus Terrace in Parnell. / Video by Jason Oxenham

Footage was released of a British cop in the US, along with other officers, saving a woman from a burning car. / Grand Prairie Police