Emergency Services

Thick black smoke can be seen pouring out of the industrial site in the suburb of Bromley and sweeping across parts of the city.

Fire crews are at the scene ensuring the burn-off is safe.

Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease, including cholera, among quake survivors. Audio

Police have confirmed one casualty in a fire that significantly damaged a home in Glassey Drive.

Motorists are asked to avoid the area after a two-vehicle car crash.

A FENZ spokesperson said the original alert at 2.30am gave no details, but they soon found a ute crashed in a ditch.

Fire and Emergency said it sent three firetrucks and one hazardous materials unit to respond to neutralise the chemical.

Police have seached properties in two Christchurch suburbs after the death of Tyrone Munns.

Emergency services were called to Little River about 10.40am on Thursday.

Eleven students were injured in the crash.

The man who died outside a property in the Wellington suburb of Northland has been named as Simon Bird.

Fire crews have been battling a house fire in Paraparaumu, on the Kāpiti Coast, north of Wellington.

Police said they were not seeking anyone else in relation to the deaths.

More than 80 stolen items were seized by police.

Aid groups warn that the window to find survivors was closing fast.

Crews were called just before midnight, and found the house engulfed in flames.

The regional council will test 80 new sirens for the first time on Sunday

Timothy Tu'uaki Rolleston-Bryan died after a dog attack at a property north of Katikati. Audio