Emergency Services

Police were called to the scene about 7.30am and a person has been taken to hospital.

Five people have been injured in a crash between two buses in central Auckland.

A post mortem examination was carried out on Tuesday.

The Emergency Department's clinical director says it has been frustrating to have the unit there but not be able to use it for the past four years.

A resident of Christchurch's Port Hills wants councillors to keep pushing for rule changes so they can stop pine trees being replanted in the fire-prone area.

St John confirmed four people had been seriously injured with two others in a moderate condition.

The boat capsized on the Riverton bar in calm conditions on Saturday, with the loss of three lives.

Two people have died and one person remains missing after a boat capsized on the Riverton bar this afternoon, police said.

The crash, involving two cars, was reported to police just after 1pm today.

The Coastguard and police attended the incident near Puketutu Island at about 8.20am on Saturday.

Police said a vehicle was reported to have left the road and hit a power pole on State Highway 50 in Fernhill late on Friday night.

Despite a fatal fire at a Defence Force camp in May, the force is still struggling with too few firefighters.

Life-saving minutes are being lost because the new bumps slow emergency vehicle response times, a Wellington councillor says. Audio

Firefighters are treating a blaze in a shop in Auckland's Royal Oak on Wednesday morning as suspicious.

Nurses have picketed outside Thames Hospital to voice frustration at what the union says is constant understaffing and increased workloads in the department.

Despite years of attempts to set one up, New Zealand is still no closer to a disaster coordination system.

The fire was the largest of dozens across the country that have burned more than two million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.