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.

Police are investigating the death of an 86-year-old Dunedin man who was hit by a car in Fairfield, Dunedin last night.

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.

The fire service were called to the blaze on Great North Rd near Henry St at 8.15pm.

A lengthy emergency call to report the death of Cissy Chen has sparked calls for more interpreters at 111 communications centres.