Emergency Services

Multi-storey warehouses built for robots and automatic retrieval systems present new firefighting challenges, a review prompted by the fatal Loafers Lodge fire hears.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital, but died a short time later.

The building was formerly a jail, then a psychiatric hospital.

Firefighters were called to the Woodbourne Base west of Blenheim shortly before 1pm Sunday.

Several vehicles have reportedly slid on ice and left the road.

Friends speak of his passion for scuba diving and gathering seafood for his family.

Police said there were reports someone had been injured, but upon arrival it appeared "not to be the case".

Police were called to Massey in West Auckland following the road rage incident on Saturday night.

Police believe there have been serious injuries.

The 30 Angloco MAN trucks were bought, stored, shipped to the UK to be turned into firetrucks, then shipped back.

The single car crash happened on State Highway 23 in Whatawhata on Saturday morning.

A garage and a police car have been destroyed in a fire at a police station in Coromandel.

One person has been taken to hospital in the Bay of Plenty after a gas incident at the Hotel Matata this morning.

A Dunedin woman hopes to find a way to keep bringing joy to residents of rest homes and dementia units in the wake of St John's decision to axe its animal therapy programme. Audio

Police have deployed a scene guard at a property after the fatal house fire.

Police have said initial indications are that there have been serious injuries.

The multimillion-dollar debate was taken off the table at a major firefighting conference in Christchurch last month.

The charity is planning to axe a programme that puts volunteers in hospital emergency departments. Audio

The crash happened shortly after 4am on Thursday on Tokoroa's Bridge St.