Emergency Services

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

The crash reported on State Highway 94 just before midday injured several people, one critically.

Fire crews were called to the blaze that ripped through a home on Plunket Street, in Kelburn on Tuesday.

Search teams followed the barks and pawprints of black Labrador Robey to find David McHaffie in the Ōtaki Gorge.

Two people have died and two were critically injured after crashes in Auckland's Takanini and Waitoki.

Five people have been injured, two seriously, in the crashes.

The collision was reported about 2pm on Saturday, near Dunlop Road, in Waiotahe.

Police are investigating after being called to an altercation in east Hamilton and discovered a person with critical injuries.

A person has died in hospital after being injured in a crash in Pegasus, north of Christchurch.

A coroner is calling for better messaging on sandbar crossing safety after an experienced boatie died when his boat capsized.

The alternative to policing by consent would be a police state, which New Zealanders don't want, the party says.

Southbound lanes between the Great South Road on-ramp and the Ramarama off-ramp were temporarily closed.

One person has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries while others were treated at the scene.

Police are appealing for the public's help to catch masked offenders they say assaulted a Lower Hutt dairy owner on Sunday night.

The man fell into the Manawatū river while walking his dog in Ahimate Park on Saturday.

Power lines were cut down and cars were towed to get to the truck back on the street.

Police said the accident took place at Alan Avenue, Henderson at around 3.30pm.