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.

The hunter shot dead in the Ruahine Ranges yesterday was 23-year-old Danny Rion Jordan.

A South Auckland laundromat has been badly damaged by fire overnight.

Fire ripped through a Christchurch family's dream home hours after they moved in.

Detectives are investigating a number of fights that broke out in downtown Auckland which left two young men seriously injured.

The pedestrian, aged about 45 to 50, was taken to hospital in critical condition after being hit on Grey's Avenue about 8.45am, a St John spokeswoman said.

Colin James Rimmer, known as CJ by his grandchildren, died last Wednesday while carrying out gardening work in Mellons Bay.

One man is in hospital with a serious head injury after the car he was driving rolled on a South Island road early this morning.

A man has died after falling from a cliff while carrying out gardening work at Mellons Bay, Auckland.

A climber who was reported missing on Mt Taranaki last night has been rescued in the early hours of this morning.

Two people are dead and one left fighting for his life after three separate water-related incidences over the weekend.

A rescue is underway near Raglan after a person was sucked out to sea out by a rip this afternoon.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Richard McNamara says five planes and ground crews worked on the scene until it got dark, when the aircraft were withdrawn.

A woman is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital tonight after being struck by a vehicle near the city's airport.

Road blocks have been put in place and homes are being evacuated after a burn-off in Canterbury went out of control in high winds.

"One of the tyres exploded off it to the side of the road and set bush on the side of the road on fire."

The heroic efforts of two off-duty nurses help save the life of a young boy who lost consciousness at a popular swimming pool north-west of Auckland.

Staff of Signlink Graphics in Hokitika were in clean-up mode this morning after a blaze that took firefighters more than two hours to extinguish.

A mother was found dead on her living room floor after a nurse cancelled an ambulance that was just one minute away.

A scrub fire in Upper Hutt has forced homes to be evacuated, a firefighter to be hospitalised and roads to be closed.

The Waimate Hotel in Manaia, south of New Plymouth, has been destroyed by fire.

The Waimate Hotel in Manaia, south of New Plymouth, has been destroyed by fire early this morning.