Emergency Services

Emergency services are currently working to clear the scene but motorists are advised to expect delays.

Police were stunned after a man allegedly committed the same driving offences he had been arrested for earlier in the day.

With temperatures hitting 30C in parts of the country this week, Fire and Emergency is urging people to be extra cautious about starting fires.

Fire and Emergency was called to the single-storey property on Travis Street just after 6.30pm on Sunday.

The fire risk is increasing in parts of the country as vegetation starts to dry out.

Thick black smoke "filled the air" and "endless sirens" could be heard, witness says. Audio

Fire and Emergency says the review might prejudice the trial of a man accused of murdering five people in the blaze.

Hyperion Drive, in Randwick Park, has reopened after a fatal crash on Sunday morning.

Emergency services were called after he was found injured at a property in Elsdon this morning.

Four people were flown to hospital by helicopter, with one suffering serious injuries.

Emergency services were called after a woman's friends observed her entering the water, but not returning.

The body of a woman missing near the mouth of the Waipu River in Northland has been found, police said.

One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Papakura, Auckland.

A major highway was down to one lane after the crash, with drivers being warned of delays.

A takeaway shop fire in West Auckland caused significant traffic delays in the area, but nobody was injured.

The small sail boat was last seen at 9.30pm on Thursday at Boulder Bay, near Sumner.

A shoplifter cut an Auckland supermarket security guard with a broken bottle this afternoon, police say.

A number of shots were fired into a property on Nelson's Exeter Street last month.

Emergency services were called to a Hastings property with animal control after two people were injured.