Emergencies
Tourist demands force rural GPs to ignore local patients
As rural towns' populations swell in summer and GPs are called out on emergencies, their practices are left without doctors for hours on end. Rural GPs are calling for more funding and resources… Audio
Favona fire: 1600 tonnes of scrap metal in blaze
Seventy firefighters and 18 fire engines are battling a "very large" fire at Sims Pacific Metals in the Auckland suburb of Favona, near Ōtāhuhu. The fire was reported just before 2am in a huge pile of… Audio
Firefighters feared explosion when battling sulphur fire
Firefighters had to battle to keep flames away from a dangerous pile of sulphur in a fertiliser plant when a fire broke out a storage shed at Ravensdown's Awatoto plant. Audio
Emotion Forces Fire Fighters To Bend Rules
A union representing fire fighters says emotion experienced on the job, especially in small communities, may force some crews to bend health and safety rules. A report into the safety of the Fire… Audio
