Emergency Services

A woman accused of being behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit pedestrians at the weekend is facing two charges.

New South Wales flood waters have left five dead and tens of thousands isolated. Audio

The fire has now been extinguished.

One person has also been taken to hospital.

Five people were hurt in total.

Police believe a person critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Dannevirke this morning was deliberately hit.

Police say it happened on Number 1 Line, Longburn at around 9:20am Sunday.

Investigators are looking into the cause.

People who rushed to help pedestrians injured in a car crash have lifted a vehicle off a child, one of those first to the scene says.

Police have been negotiating with a person inside a bottle store after a report of a robbery, and say one person has been arrested.

One of two heavy aerial firetrucks needed at a central skyscraper fire was stalled at a road closure en route from Hamilton.

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Sam Johns was about to tuck into a morning coffee before the rescue.

One person is dead after a crash on State Highway 12 in Northland.

Kindling stored near a log burner in Wellington spontaneously combusted overnight.

Unprepared people are venturing deeper into back country, lured by influencers and websites.

Nineteen others were injured, after the ship hit the landmark, the New York mayor said.

Two people have died in separate crashes in Wairoa and Waipawa early on Sunday morning.

Four crews were engaged at the peak of the fire.

A person has died in a fatal car crash in Hawke's Bay.