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 4-year-old girl who had gone missing from a rural property in Northland has been found alive and well.

A fire service spokeswoman said the residents of the home on Shetland St were safely at a neighbour's house.

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.

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.

An Auckland man was so inspired by a toy ambulance fundraising campaign, he donated a fully functioning ambulance and rapid response vehicle to St John.

Police are not immediately able to confirm how many people have died in the 4pm crash involving a car and a truck on State Highway 1, near Chertsey.

A Fire Service spokesman said firefighters from Invercargill Station were called to a house fire in Ettrick St at 5.40pm.

The first incident involved a nine-year-old boy who came off his motorcycle at a southern Waikato motocross event.

One person has died after the campervan they were travelling in caught fire in an accident on a Matamata Road.

A woman has been flown to hospital by helicopter after she was injured in a head-on crash north of Wellington this afternoon.

The vehicles collided at the intersection of Swanson Rd and Metcalfe Rd, Swanson, about 1.45pm.

The car flipped on State Highway 30 near Lake Rotoiti Forest.

Emergency services were called to the McMeeking Rd property shortly before 3.30pm.

In emergency situations, Aucklanders want WiFi internet restored before water, a survey revealed.

A fire broke out just before 3.30 this morning in a cafe on the ground floor of the Ocean Breeze apartments in Browns Bay.

Lucy Knight - the good samaritan who almost lost her life after going to the aid of a woman being mugged in Auckland - is the new face of St John Ambulance’s annual appeal.

Andrew Jones measures his survival from a near-deadly heart attack in 5-minute events. His cardiologist said it was the difference between life and death.

A man has died following a single-car crash early this morning.