Emergency Services

NZTA advised motorists to follow the directions given by traffic controllers on-site.

A person and their dog were extracted by helicopter, after getting stuck about 60 metres down.

Police are still investigating what caused the blaze that killed Goldie, Hugo and August Field.

One person has died, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on a driveway.

Unions now have an additional two weeks to respond on the loss of 140 non-firefighter roles.

The incident followed a separate crash nearby that backed up traffic on SH1 on Thursday.

Emergency services are still at the scene of the crash in Auckland's Epsom.

Fire and Emergency is calling on the professional firefighters union to call off strike action planned for today.

A third person was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.

Fire crews were called to the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road at 2:50pm on Thursday.

More than 140 jobs could be cut as part of FENZ restructure proposal. Audio

Police have confirmed a person died at the scene following a crash in the Auckland suburb on Thursday morning.

The crash, involving buses and a car, happened on Apirana Ave in Glen Innes.

The entire school was evacuated after a fire in a two-storey classroom block at the Auckland school.

And the department expects to respond to even fewer calls this year. Audio

A dozen people are being taken to hospital, with one seriously injured.

TPG Telecom said its mobile network was operational and no outages had occurred.

Investigators would be looking into the fires.

Staff were told last week of sweeping changes designed to slash $50 million from Fire and Emergency's annual costs.

August, Hugo and Goldie, aged 1 to 7, have been named as the victims of the blaze, while their father's body has also been recovered. Audio