Police said the impact injured the vehicle's two occupants. The crash happened about 6.20pm near Te Horo.

Emergency services have flooded to a reported anthrax scare in Wellington this afternoon, only to find out it was a false alarm.

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.

An elderly Dunedin man who died after being hit by a car last night has been named by police. He was 86-year-old Albert Arthur Wolf, known as Bert, of Fairfield.

Three fire trucks were called to the scene of the house fire in Christchurch at 4.58pm after receiving multiple calls, southern fire communications shift manager Riwai Grace said.

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.

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.

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.