Emergency services were called to a "well involved" fire in a two-storey Penrose Street house at about 1pm today.

A Singapore Airlines flight to Milan has caught fire after returning to Changi Airport following an engine oil warning message.

The toddler who died in a Christchurch stadium carpark was pinned between a van and a low fence.

Delays expected after collision in Christchurch.

An Auckland Council worker has escaped serious injury after his car was struck by a freight train in West Auckland this morning.

Emergency services in southern Wairarapa are busy today dealing with three car crashes, the most serious of which saw a woman flown to hospital by helicopter.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

A woman injured in a fatal car crash on State Highway 1 is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Roof of Risingholme Community Centre collapses after blaze rips through it.

Eleven people have died on our roads up until midnight, the highest number of deaths for a Queen's Birthday weekend since 1989.

Two people are trapped after a head-on crash on State Highway 2 between Bethlehem and Katikati.

A person is dead after a crash involving a car and motorbike on Harris Rd in Huntly, taking the Queen's Birthday Weekend road toll to eight.

Police, firefighters and ambulance were called to Manor Park, Lower Hutt after the incident shortly after 6pm.

A police spokesman said no one was in the car when it was removed from the water.

More than 3200 residential fires were recorded last year -- up from 2635 in 2011.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation late tonight after a fire in Sandringham, Auckland.

Two vehicles collided just before 12.40pm today on State Highway 31, Tihiroa, north of Otorohanga.

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed through a fence in an Auckland suburb.

One person has died after a car ploughed into a tree earlier this afternoon.

A man in his 40s was flown to hospital in a serious condition after receiving burns to his face, arms, chest, hands and throat in Helensville today.

A 22-year-old male was flown to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition after he drove his ute into a tree in South Head, on the Kaipara Harbour.

Emergency services were called to a house in Strathmore Ave, Strathmore Park at 1.15pm.

Police are investigating a technical fault with the 111 system which prevented people from reaching emergency services in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Four people were killed in three separate road incidents around the country yesterday.

A woman died after a car and ute collided in Upper Hutt this evening.

Police confirmed two cars were involved in the collision on State Highway 10, at Puketona Junction, this evening.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze close to houses near Christchurch this evening.

A child has been burned after a barbecue exploded in west Auckland this afternoon.