Emergency Services
Two buses roll off icy highway near Lake Tekapo
Passengers were left lacerated, bleeding and shaken up after two buses rolled off an icy highway near Lake Tekapo this morning. The crashes happened about 100 metres apart on State Highway 8 near… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 18 July 2024
On today's episode, two separate buses crashes this morning on the road between Tekapo and Twizel have sent four people to hospital. Public health experts are alarmed the Associate Health Minister has… Audio
Woman hit after fleeing car in Hamilton
Police are appealing for the male driver - who knew the injured woman - to come forward.
Men force way into home, point gun at residents in Auckland burglary
Residents in a nearby West Auckland suburb this afternoon reported armed police surrounding a house.
Vehicles destroyed after overnight explosions heard
Multiple explosions were heard as vehicles burned at the Ferry Landing, opposite the Coromandel town's wharf.
Hit-and-run driver might not know they collided with someone
The driver of a Toyota Aqua might not realise they hit someone on Ghuznee Street in June, police say.
Ten households can't go home after residential building fire
A fire in a central Wellington apartment block has left authorities scrambling to find accommodation for the occupants of ten Kāinga Ora flats.
Two injured and highway closed after two-truck crash in heavy fog
A crash between two trucks has left two people injured and blocked part of State Highway 36, the road between Rotorua and Tauranga.
'We put forward the best offer that we could,' Mitchell says
Police Minister Mark Mitchell says some police officers may choose to go to Australia following the government's win in a long-running pay dispute with the police union.
Fire in Kāinga Ora block in central Wellington suspicious
The Fire Service says the cause of a blaze that broke out in an apartment building is being investigated.
Police pay deal: Commissioner's advice to cut super payments 'foolish'
The police commissioner is being accused by staff of "robbing our future", after he suggested in a leaked email they could cut their KiwiSaver contributions.
Westport locals use beer to put out fire at pub
When fire broke out at a West Coast bar last night, locals beat emergency services to it by extinguishing the blaze with that classic firefighting substance, beer. Dean White from the Seddonville… Audio
Person found dead after house fire
A person has died in one of two separate house fires in the South Island
Mercedes thief jailed for chase that claimed car owner's life
Allister Christie saw his stolen car being driven and gave chase. His body was found the next day, still trapped in his submerged car.
Meat thief's escape foiled by chip-hungry cop, police say
A policeman who stopped to buy a pack of chips has nabbed a shoplifter who was trying to sneak out of a supermarket laden a stolen basket of meat, police say.
ED numbers breaking records as winter illnesses hit
There has been a record number of emergency patients through the doors of Middlmore Hospital as winter illnesses hit hard. Just last week the south Auckland ED had its busiest day ever, treating… Audio
Auckland motorway crash: Six patients hospitalised
The crash involved three vehicles and caused hours-long delays on Auckland's Northern Motorway.
Woman charged after pre-schoolers rescued from smoke-filled house
Police say a tragedy has been averted due to the initiative of neighbours.
Paramedics call ambulance service 'dysfunctional'
Underpaid, understaffed and underappreciated - that's what paramedics have to say about what they call New Zealand's "dysfunctional" ambulance service. One former St John employee says he's making… Audio
Wairoa's landfill running out of space as cleanup continues
Wairoa's landfill is running out of room - adding to the stress from the latest floods - Matthew Hutching has this report. Audio
