Emergency Services

The review outlines a swift and aggressive response to the fires, but also identifies areas for improvement.

Police say one person died in the crash on Mouse Point Road.

An industrial worker is in critical condition and two others are injured after being struck by several sheets of marble in South Auckland today.

Pool chemicals were spilt at a private property in Epsom on Tuesday morning.

Police said two people were in a serious but stable condition, while a further two had moderate injuries.

Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at 9.15pm last night, and it was under control by 12.30am but not fully extinguished.

Reif Cotter was travelling on a mattress on the roof of a station wagon before he fell onto the road.

Surf Life Saving says a group of rock fishers are lucky to be alive after a risky rescue operation at Bethells Beach on Sunday.

One person died at the scene despite the efforts of emergency services.

Police have reported another death after a second single-vehicle crash a little more than 12 hours after an earlier fatal crash was reported in Ngāhinapouri, southwest of Hamilton.

Three men have been rescued after being reported missing overnight while rafting on the Waikaia River near Piano Flat.

A search and rescue operation is underway.

Shipwrecked Festival is held in Te Ārai.

The bus was travelling between Cancun and Tabasco.

A 60-year-old Auckland man has been charged.

A man has died in a crash between a ute and a motorbike near Whanganui.

Fire and Emergency says a fire truck and a fire investigator are responding to a property fire in the East Auckland suburb of Cockle Bay.

A woman has died following a water incident at the Rakaia River mouth this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to Manurewa shortly before 11.30am on Saturday.

The owner of a motel that backs on to the town hall says there's nothing left of the building but a few walls. Audio