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Fire blazes through Auckland house
A fire that blazed through a vacant house in Auckland last night is being treated as suspicious.
A fire that blazed through a vacant house in Auckland last night is being treated as suspicious.
The former boss of the quarry where a landslip is feared to have killed a digger operator yesterday has spoken of previous brushes with death.
The digger driver buried under 1000 tonnes of rubble has been named as Murray Taylor.
Heavy fog this morning caused traffic disruptions on Auckland's roads and motorways, but did not interfere with flights.
Traffic is now flowing freely along Dominion Rd in Auckland after a car hit a power pole and power lines earlier this morning.
The search for a digger driver who was 'engulfed' by 1000 tonnes of rock in a North Canterbury quarry landslide has been suspended due to safety reasons.
A revised plan for the country to cope in an emergency has been approved by the Government.
A female pedestrian hit by a vehicle and injured in Auckland is the latest in four similar incidents over the past two days.
A person has died following a crash involving a car and truck outside of Hampden, North Otago.
An attack on an Auckland train by a group of taggers near Newmarket station last night has been blasted as 'stupid and dangerous'.
Police are searching for a person who was hit by a train in Auckland tonight, but ran away afterwards, leaving shoe scuff marks on the front of the engine.
A caretaker at an Auckland school has been hospitalised with facial burns after an accident with a boiler today.
A duck-shooting trip turned to tragedy yesterday after a group of mates were flung from their boat as it capsized on the Waikato River.
Police have confirmed that one person has died and three others have been taken to hospital after a boat overturned on the Waikato River.
Kevan Old says every volunteer fire-fighter should be recognised for their commitment to helping others.
Wellington's wild weather has claimed the life of an elderly man, whose car became submerged as raging floodwaters rose across the area.
Two people have died in a crash on a Christchurch motorway this evening.
An 11-month-old girl is fighting for her life after being run over by a small truck in a Paeroa driveway this afternoon.
Police are hoping to remove the remains of a body from a burnt out car near Nelson today.
Police are calling for sightings of a car as an investigations into a body found in a burnt out vehicle near Nelson continue.
A Dunollie man in his early 80s became stranded on his roof yesterday - for the second time in as many months.
A fire ripped through the rear of at Franz Josef Glacier restaurant early this morning leaving the building badly damaged.
A 20-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition after sustaining burns while adding petrol to a fire last night, a Waikato Hospital representative said.
A trapped tramper was winched to safety after spending the night on a rock ledge as wild seas surged around him.