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Focus: Workers run for their lives as New Zealand International Convention Centre goes up in flames
Focus: Workers run for their lives as New Zealand International Convention Centre goes up in flames. Video / Grant Murray
SkyCity blaze: No automatic fire alarm system on incomplete centre levels
Bosses of SkyCity and Fletcher Building front up to media just blocks from the blaze.
Breakdown on Auckland Harbour Bridge delays commuters
The crashes are causing delays on several motorways.
SkyCity fire: Health alert issued for 'toxic' smoke
Auckland Regional Public Health Service issued an alert for people in Auckland CBD.
Stay out of Auckland CBD: Traffic gridlocked as SkyCity fire closes roads
Heavy traffic expected due to huge fire in downtown Auckland this afternoon.
SkyCity fire: Out-of-control blaze reaches maximum 6th alarm
Specialist fire trucks are being called in from around the upper North Island.
'Run, run! We knew we had to get out': Workers describe huge SkyCity fire
The blaze is visible across the city with huge plumes of black smoke.
Police reveal four minutes before fatal pursuit crash
Police pursuit was under investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Focus Live: First pictures from major fire at SkyCity's New Zealand International Convention Centre
Focus Live: First pictures from major fire at SkyCity's New Zealand International Convention Centre.
Police pursuit 'horrific outcome': Innocent motorist killed in crash
Fleeing driver crashes into another car in Christchurch.
Penrose Rd closed, one person critical in Mt Wellington crash
The two-vehicle crash happened around 12.50pm on Penrose Rd.
Man fighting for life after being found injured in Auckland
An investigation has been started after man found lying injured in Mangere town centre.
Police confirm body found in Waitaki River jet-boat search
Searchers looking for a man who fell from a boat in North Otago have recovered a body.
Fonterra fire: One person in hospital, staff evacuated
Fonterra's Whangarei plant has been evacuated tonight.
Ten people injured after van rolls south of Rotorua
Emergency services responding to serious crashes near Reporoa and south of Nelson.
Serious crash in Waihi: Two critically injured
The two-car crash was reported around 9.35pm.
One person critical after being hit by truck in Waikato
A rescue helicopter is responding to transport the person to hospital.
Crushed by 300kg ramp: Family mourn 'great dad, nicest guy'
The man who died had recently moved to Otorohanga with family.
Man in 20s pulled from the Hokitika Gorge
A rescue helicopter is on its way to transport the man to hospital.
Auckland airport emergency: Plane lands after engine failure
Fourteen fire trucks respond after report plane's engines had failed.
Police examine the scene after a man was hospitalised with a life-threatening head injury
Police examine the scene after a man was hospitalised with a life-threatening head injury. Video / Dubby Henry
Alleged car thief badly hurt after being caught trying to break into vehicle
The attempted robbery happened on Te Atatu Rd in west Auckland.
Focus: One dead after van crashes into house-moving truck
Focus: One dead after van crashes into house-moving truck. Video / James Allan
Multiple people injured in three vehicle crash in Canterbury
Two people are seriously injured.
'Harsh': Support gathers for demoted paramedic
More than 4000 people say St John was too harsh in demoting Huntly paramedic.
Hero truckie says boy, 10, lucky to survive fall from car
Truckie has never seen anyone survive after bouncing along the road at 85km/h.
Focus Live Earlier: ‘The bus is full of explosives’ - terrifying witness account of bomb threat west of Christchurch
Focus Live Earlier: ‘The bus is full of explosives’ - terrifying witness account of bomb threat west of Christchurch.
Local man Richard Dawson was told by the driver the bus is 'full of explosives'
Local man Richard Dawson was told by the driver the bus is 'full of explosives' Video / James Davidson. Audio / Newstalk ZB
One dead in smash involving three motorcycles
The road is expected to stay closed for some time.
Police investigate mysterious death of elderly woman at Avondale home
Paramedics have rushed to an Auckland suburban home.
Person in hospital after hand trapped in bottling machine
The person is in North Shore Hospital following a "workplace incident".
Worker dies after being pinned between trees at Manawatū property
Fire, ambulance, police and a helicopter responded to the incident.