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Ammonia leak at Cadbury's factory
Dozens of workers have been evacuated after a chemical spill at Dunedin's Cadbury factory early this afternoon.
Dozens of workers have been evacuated after a chemical spill at Dunedin's Cadbury factory early this afternoon.
The home that a primary school principal built for his family nearly 30 years ago burnt to the ground in a "tragic" blaze.
Police say they were searching for a car involved in a crash near Queenstown this morning because of complaints about erratic driving.
An officer activated their patrol car's flashing lights and siren, but the motorcyclist did not stop and sped away.
Murray Anthony Reid, 75, died after he was struck by a light truck at the intersection of SH2b and Meeanee Quay about 5pm yesterday.
A tourist staying in Hawkes Bay has been killed after he was hit by a truck at a notorious intersection in Napier last night.
Greymouth firefighters had little time to rest at the weekend, fielding nine calls from Friday afternoon until early today.
Swimmers spotted a shark moments after a seven-year-old girl was bitten in shallow waters in north Queensland.
Two men have died after a sudden turn in the weather caused waves to swamp their kayaks, tipping them into the icy cold water in Lake Tekapo this afternoon.
Emergency services responded to the blaze at a large block of flats on Swanson Rd about 5.15pm.
Two policemen who saved a man from a burning flat are being hailed as lifesavers. One of the rescuers required hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.
Every couple of months, on average, Craig Watts brings someone back to life.
Police have confirmed the boy who was critically injured on Friday at an Invercargill school was struck in the head by an electric fence post.
A 10-year-old schoolboy is in an induced coma after a "tragic incident" at an Invercargill school yesterday.
Five fire crews and an ambulance attended a suspected chemical spill Auckland International Airport last night.
An elderly man may have died after getting "excited" by big flames during a farm burn-off in rural Canterbury last year, a coroner has heard.
Emergency services were called at 2.55 pm and found the driver dead in the truck on their arrival.
Emergency crews were called to the accident on State Highway 1 in Piarere shortly before 8.30pm.
Crash investigators mapping out the scene of a fatal collision overnight had a close call today as a distracted speeding driver stopped just short of the cordon.
Police, fire and ambulance services were called to Maronan Road, near the Hinds River Bridge, shortly after 4.30pm after reports of a truck going over the bank.
Emergency services are currently at Gordonton Road, also known as State Highway 1B, in the Waikato, where a person has died at the scene following the collision.
The crash between a motorbike and car happened at 3.05pm at the intersection of Pateke Place and Kereru St.
A man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital after a roading repair truck rolled down a steep embankment in the Turakina Valley.
The Fire Service have been left perplexed after receiving several 111 calls reportedly from a 15-year-old boy saying he was scared of monsters.
An 18 year old had to be cut from a vehicle after he crashed into the back of a parked truck in Dunedin last night, police say.
A St John spokesman said an ambulance attended a workplace accident near Oamaru today but did not take anybody to hospital as the man died at the scene.
A person has suffered burns after a gas container exploded beneath a house in South Auckland.
An elderly Dunedin man who died after being hit by a car last night has been named by police. He was 86-year-old Albert Arthur Wolf, known as Bert, of Fairfield.
Three fire trucks were called to the scene of the house fire in Christchurch at 4.58pm after receiving multiple calls, southern fire communications shift manager Riwai Grace said.
Police are investigating the death of an 86-year-old Dunedin man who was hit by a car in Fairfield, Dunedin last night.