Welcome mat in Cyclone Gabrielle-hit areas a sign of regional resilience
OPINION: Communities on their knees after Gabrielle have hosted the big-city exodus.
OPINION: Communities on their knees after Gabrielle have hosted the big-city exodus.
Fenz received multiple calls from around the city saying the volcano was ablaze.
Fire and Emergency are still looking into the cause of the blaze.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area, seek alternate routes and expect delays.
Roads have now reopened after the blaze in central Auckland.
Keep windows and doors shut to avoid the smoke, fire brigade says.
The 58-year-old was flown to hospital with critical injuries.
The crash happened in Taipuha on Wednesday afternoon.
A single shotgun blast through a car window left two men critical, with one later dying.
More than two dozen rescues have been carried out in Central Victoria as floods continue.
About 20 people helped free the 8-year-old Dunedin boy trapped under a waterfall.
Pink butterfly-painted fingernails were found next to the woman's body.
It is the same stretch of road where two people died yesterday.
Strong winds prevented a helicopter rescue team from winching the kayaker to safety.
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The diver was known to many as a 'tireless' and 'hardworking' community man.
The crash involved a single motorcycle.
There are no longer houses under immediate threat, Fenz says.
Police believe the body is 19-year-old Hiran Joseph, who went missing on January 2.
Middlemore was one of eight 'higher-risk' EDs that received five extra security staff.
Rob Hewitt has reflected on his own ordeal of floating alone at sea for 72 hours.
Will Fransen spent nearly 24 hours drifting in the ocean without even a life jacket.
Police say two people were arrested after calls of concern from the public.
The man used the reflection of the sun on his watch to catch his rescuers' attention.
Crews were called to the fire at the Takanini Hall at 8.56pm.
Son, 15, went for help after watching mum "cartwheel" off bridge on bike trip.
The missing person is one of three who got into trouble in the water.
Hato Hone St John was notified of the incident at 11.50am.
One of the vehicles involved in the crash was towing a caravan.