One dead after milk tanker and tractor crash near Rotorua
The fatal crash is on State Highway 5 at Ngatira.
The fatal crash is on State Highway 5 at Ngatira.
Four fire crews are at the scene of a blaze in an inner-city property.
Neighbouring properties have evacuated as high winds make firefighting difficult.
A man is in a serious condition after being pinned between a van and a house in Remuera.
A 27-year-old man died and two other people were injured. Police treat it as homicide.
Emergency services are arriving at a property in West Otago, after reports of man trapped.
"Roof design and specifications were compliant" - Ross Taylor, Fletcher Building CEO.
Fire teams have battled a tricky electrical blaze today.
The early morning blaze broke out just before 6am.
The house was well-ablaze when Fire and Emergency New Zealand arrived.
A truck driver has been critically injured in a crash on SH23 in Waikato this morning.
A man was flown to Wellington Hospital after an oil explosion.
A large number of police officers have been spotted on Pāpāmoa Beach this morning.
Fire and Emergency NZ has reported a fairly quiet Guy Fawkes night.
The Rydges Auckland hotel, a managed isolation facility, has been evacuated this morning.
It was the second devastating house fire in the city in a week.
A crash has occurred on SH2
Two people have been taken to hospital with critical and serious injuries.
Firefighters battled a large blaze in the East Auckland house. Video / Michael Rowse
Car and concrete truck collide near Otautau, leaving one person critical, truck toppled.
The firefighters' union claims Auckland's ageing fire trucks are not up to the job.
A flat in Christchurch has been destroyed in a late night fire yesterday.
Fire crews battle a Kapiti Coast fire which is threatening to engulf two dwellings.
The first home was razed by fire which spewed smoke and yellow flames into the night sky.
Fires continue to rage in Mackenzie Basin after consuming 5500 hectares.
Investigators say the fire was 'of a scale rarely experienced in this country'.
Residents readied to picked over what remains after up to 40 homes destroyed or damaged.
The incident happened before 9am on the busy arterial route Lake Rd.
'I'm trying to find a pair of undies; I have my phone and clothes on my back.'