Emergency Services

Five people have been arrested following an incident at a property in the small settlement of Mākara, near Wellington.

Auckland's arterial Great South Road has been closed after power lines were brought down onto the road by a crash, police said.

Flames 10 metres high loomed above the Roxburgh town hall as firefighters sprayed water into it. The building is home to what is thought to be one of the world's oldest operating cinemas.

A pedestrian has died after a crash in Northland, south of the Bay of Islands, police say.

Marlborough volunteers joining Havelock Coastguard and police to continue the search.

Three people have died and commuters have been warned of delays in Auckland, Waikato and Napier, after a day of crashes and a police incident involving the Armed Offenders Squad.

Emergency services were called to The Strand in Parnell on Wednesday afternoon.

Police and paramedics were called to the Stanmore Road scene shortly after 9am on Wednesday.

Police have named the 11 year old cyclist killed by a car in Hawke's Bay as Emma Jane Kupa from Flaxmere.

A large fire at a waste station in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga has now been contained.

None of the 82 passengers on board or the train crew were injured.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area and expect delays.

Police say a truck rolled earlier, blocking lanes in both directions near Topuni.

The crash happened during the morning commute and involved several cars.

Authorities are warning the worst is yet to come with three-day rainfall totals set to top 1000 millimetres.

Emergency services were called to a Hamilton address overnight.

Before American Eagle Flight 5342 took to the air, figure skater Spencer Lane snapped a photo of the plane's wing stretched out over the tarmac toward the horizon. Audio

A person in their car at the site of the crash was also killed. Video