Three treated after inhaling sulfuric acid vapour
Emergency services were called to the University of Canterbury's science centre about 1.30pm, following reports of a sulfuric acid vapour spill.
Emergency services were called to the University of Canterbury's science centre about 1.30pm, following reports of a sulfuric acid vapour spill.
A Fire Service spokeswoman said when crews arrived at the scene at 7.10pm there was no evidence of fire.
A New Zealand Fire Service spokesman said six appliances were called to a blaze at Edgewater College in Pakuranga just after 5pm.
Emergency services have been called to the scene of the crash on State Highway 27 near Matamata.
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter was called to the small rural town of Takapau at 3pm, after it was found the boy had an airway obstruction.
Twelve new state-of-the-art ambulances will soon hit New Zealand roads, thanks to the generosity of Kiwis.
The woman was driving on Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway when her vehicle and another collided head on.
The Herald understands the injured man is affiliated with Black Power. However, the altercation that led to his injuries were not thought to be gang-related.
Emergency services are at the scene of an explosion in South Auckland this afternoon.
Former supermarket manager finds a more fulfilling life working to help people.
The car driver has died and an unknown number of car passengers are injured, a police spokeswoman said.
Three people have been injured in a serious two-car collision which has closed part of a main road north of Auckland.
St John volunteer Deborah Allfrey dedicates so much of her time to the organisation that she has only three weekends to herself through to March next year.
A woman who fell and broke her arm on Mt Ruapehu today was rescued 8000 feet up by helicopter.
State Highway 16 was shut to traffic in both directions between Bradly Rd and Wharepapa Rd, Helensville, after the crash about 7.30am.
The owner of a popular cafe destroyed by fire last night is coping with the shock of losing her business, as customers mourn their "hub".
Underwater in an upside down helicopter and blindfolded is not an unusual situation for Dave Greenberg.
When Margaret Houston suffered the loss of her 5-year-old daughter, she decided to learn first aid.
Drivers are being urged to be careful after two recent crashes involving cars skidding on black ice.
There is good reason to welcome the stationing of nurses at emergency call centres to answer non-urgent calls.
Nurses will now be stationed at 111 emergency call centres to answer "non-urgent" calls as part of a wide-ranging shakeup which may also give nurses operating national helplines access to patient records.
A car crash which sent an elderly woman to hospital after she crashed into an unmarked police car in Auckland last night is under investigation.
The Government hopes a new smartphone app for emergency services will save lives and money.
An elderly woman has been hospitalised after driving into a parked police car in Auckland tonight.
The digger driver killed in a quarry landslide will be farewelled on Monday.
A mentally-handicapped man, with the mental age of a 9-year-old, was accidentally strangled to death after becoming entangled in electrical bed wires.
A stolen motorbike is believed to have been involved in a crash that left one person dead, and another seriously injured.