Emergency Services

It was "just another day at the office" the firefighter says of the unusual callout.

Around 12 to 15 crew responded to the fire on Short Street.

The rescue came as floodwaters receded in Northern Territory's Katherine and the clean-up continued after the town's worst flood in nearly 30 years.

Fire and Emergency lines rescue teams are upset they must go through police to get a chopper and are sometimes being turned down.

The crash happened shortly after 8.30am on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to the river at 4.30pm on Sunday.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 north of Taihape.

The diver was left alone in the water, as gale-force winds pushed his boat out to sea.

One person has died after a crash on State Highway 1, just north of Tūrangi, near Rawhira Road.

The crash was reported near Rawhira Road just after 1.10pm on Sunday.

Police said a kayak was found washed up near Blaketown at around 7.30pm on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash near Karitane about 9.25am Saturday.

Police said the single-vehicle accident happened between Himatangi Block Road and Poplar Road.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Paparoa Valley Road and Franklin Road at 12.35am on Saturday.

A St John's paramedic and a LPG delivery driver were seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 1, north of Levin.

Staff left the station in 2019 and the property was declared surplus by Cabinet in September 2023.

Fire crews had to call for backup from another station due to the fire's intensity.

A scene guard is outside the house and officers are going door-to-door.

Fire and Emergency crews have managed to stop the fire.

The police watchdog has criticised police for not disciplining the officer.