Emergency Services

Three children narrowly missed being seriously injured when a car in Upper Hutt hit the adults they were with this afternoon.

Fifteen fire crews found a one-storey building fully alight when they arrived at the scene.

With the weather deteriorating, two DOC rangers had to pause their search until first light - one of the toughest decisions they ever had to make. Video

The crash happened on Mapara Road, Acacia Bay shortly before midnight.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a crash that has closed SH2 near Waihi.

One man was injured in a fall at the train station and a suspect is being sought by police.

Police say a person who died in a crash in northern Hawke's Bay was a 14-year-old.

Council CCTV camera operators have helped nab a group of young people police say were trying to burgle a shop.

Roads have reopened after serious crashes earlier today.

The assault and shooting of a man at a bar in Pakuranga Heights in a quiet neighbourhood has shocked the community.

A fire is burning on a hill above State Highway 2 between Wellington city and the Hutt Valley.

A police chase after a shot was fired at a car led to three arrests and the seizure of a shotgun, police say.

Firefighters have been busy tackling scrub fires in the North Island.

Recent fires that have sprung up around the country are being investigated - as another blaze has broken out in Northland.

Piha Surf Lifesaving Club used five rescue vessels to take seven people from the beach and get them to Piha.

Helicopters also joined efforts to deal with the blaze in the Tahorakuri Forest.

The cause of both fires is unknown but not believed to be suspicious.