The road is closed and enquiries into the circumstances of the incident are ongoing.

Nearly 4000 items were donated in the Lakes area alone.

Emergency services were alerted just before 11am.

Pelican packs and new radios donated after Cyclone Gabrielle highlighted comms importance.

'To be honest, I’m disgusted... how is that okay?"

Jadi Iolamo has been identified as the young man who died at a North Shore beach.

One person was taken to Whanganui Hospital in a moderate condition.

Residents of a Hamilton street feel unsafe after latest alleged home invasion.

The 25-year-old French citizen had spent four years in prison.

Phil and Chontelle Strang saw the blaze from their kitchen window.

Firefighters and members of the public helped rescue the man from the water.

Construction on the boat began around July last year.

'You don't learn to dance on the night of the ball,' says a counter-terrorism expert.

Two fire trucks responded to the blaze.

The Serious Crash Unit has been notified.

Five homes were razed in the early-morning fire and their age raised fears of asbestos.

A busy summer awaits Search and Rescue units, with callouts on the rise.

By 9pm, the Salvation Army bus was so heavily laden with donations it could hardly move.

One person received minor injuries.

The 100m x 50m vegetation fire was reported before midnight last night.

One ute is so old it has 350,000km on the clock and is of 'dubious safety'.

Arson is suspected to be behind at least one of the fires.

Paramedic had to insert her finger in cop's chest to stop his lungs collapsing.

The doctor was a GP within the Linwood community.

A man received minor injuries while escaping the fire at his home.

The serious accident occurred on Saturday afternoon and closed State Highway 1.

Online emergency healthcare business expanding into 'bricks and mortar'.

A relative says Eddie Duffy often made the long ride to Bunnings to buy more blooms.

It wasn't clear whether the driver was intentionally heading for the Rainbow Bridge.