Emergency Services

Surf Life Saving is warning people to think about what they take to the beach on a windy day.

A hiker was forced to spend overnight and most of the following day in the bush on Boxing Day after he became separated from his group.

A youth has been arrested and is due to appear in Rotorua Youth Court, say police.

St John says a person has been taken to Waikato Hospital in a moderate condition.

Fire and Emergency are warning people to beware of products with lithium batteries purchased over the holiday period.

A person has been seriously injured after a crash on State Highway 2 in Waikino in the Karangahake Gorge.

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash in the Far North, police said, bringing the holiday road fatality toll to an estimated seven people.

Police are investigating the circumstances of her death.

Two motorcyclists were critically injured in crashes in Auckland and the Whakatāne district.

Some households in rural north Auckland have been without power for more than 24 hours after high winds brought down trees and branches onto power lines.

Police in Waikato offered more in reward money earlier this year than they have spent in their search for Tom Phillips and his children.

The cyclist suffered a broken leg and other injuries.

Emergency services were called to Nuffield Avenue in Marewa around 9pm Friday.

There are lengthy delays on a major road on the Coromandel Peninsula after a fatal crash.

A gaggle of Canada geese that sparked warnings to motorists have been persuaded to move on.

Five fire trucks descended on the west Auckland coastal settlement of Piha on Thursday night, after a blaze at the local RSA.

The crash on Te Araroa Road, between Hicks Bay and Cape Runaway, was reported to police at 11.15am.

Two people have died after crashes in the first 12 hours of the holiday road toll period, and both sides of State Highway 2 has been closed in Lower Hutt, after a crash.

Police remain on Wood Street and the surrounding areas.

Americans Kurt Blair and Carlos Romero and an unnamed Canadian national have been missing since 2 December.