Emergency Services

Police said a kayak was found washed up near Blaketown at around 7.30pm on Saturday.

Police said the single-vehicle accident happened between Himatangi Block Road and Poplar Road.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash near Karitane about 9.25am Saturday.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Paparoa Valley Road and Franklin Road at 12.35am on Saturday.

A St John's paramedic and a LPG delivery driver were seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 1, north of Levin.

Staff left the station in 2019 and the property was declared surplus by Cabinet in September 2023.

Fire crews had to call for backup from another station due to the fire's intensity.

A scene guard is outside the house and officers are going door-to-door.

Fire and Emergency crews have managed to stop the fire.

The police watchdog has criticised police for not disciplining the officer.

Emergency services were called to the scene in the Ruapehu District just after 11pm.

Searchers have been scouring the water for a man swept off rocks on Auckland's west coast.

A serious crash blocked eastbound traffic on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway for a few hours on Sunday.

Emergency services had spent Sunday morning searching for a kayaker missing in water near Waiwera.

Two people have been seriously injured in an assault after burnouts were done in a rural road, and police are calling for information from anyone who recognises the car.

The closure was from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road after the single-car crash.

Emergency services were called to Mahuta Gap in Te Kopuru about 7.15am.

A woman's attempt to steal a $74,500 necklace thwarted thanks to the quick thinking of jewellery store staff.

Firefighters had to free them after the incident.

St John and fire crews attended an Ashburton primary school after reports of unwell children.