Emergency Services

The cause of the fire remains undetermined.

Two people remain in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Recruits in the Auckland wing would be able to stay at their own home during training, rather than spending months in Porirua.

One person has died after a vehicle crashed on a rural Auckland road on Saturday night.

Several firefighting crews are responding to a scrub fire in the North Island's Tararua district.

Police are still at the scene of the two-vehicle crash that left one person dead.

One is in a serious condition, two are in a moderate condition, and another had minor injuries.

The driver of a stolen car fled at high speed and on the wrong side of the road before crashing into another vehicle.

Three people are in hospital with serious injuries consistent with stab wounds.

Police said emergency services were called to Kutukutu Street at 7.50pm, after what appeared to be an altercation involving neighbours.

Police are appealing for information following a serious crash on SH6 in Nelson earlier this month that left one person critically injured.

One person sustained moderate to minor injuries, while another was taken to hospital, police said.

Police say they're still speaking with witnesses to yesterday's shooting that left a woman dead and a man with serious injuries. Audio

It comes as a massive blaze continues to burn in the Waipoua Forest

Inspector Paula Enoka said they have been charged with aggravated burglary, threats to kill, assault with a weapon and possession of an offensive weapon.

No homes have been lost and no one has been injured.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team investigated the threat, thought to be a suspicious item of mail, and deemed it a false alert.

A light plane made a forced landing in farmland west of Palmerston North.