Emergency Services

Motorists are advised to take an alternative route and expect delays.

A pedestrian has died following a car crash in Whakatāne, and police are appealing for information about what happened.

A swimmer was reported missing from Southshore Spit on Thursday afternoon.

Emergency services are at a beach in the eastern area of Christchurch.

Police are investigating a fire in which a person had to be rescued from the property.

The body of a jetskier who went missing on Lake Taupō has been found.

Local Māori have placed a rāhui on part of Lake Taupō following the suspected drowning of a jetskier on Sunday.

The decision means outdoor fires can only be lit with fire permits authorised by Fire and Emergency, returning Te Tai Tokerau to a restricted fire season.

Police are working to determine the full circumstances of what occurred, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Another scrub fire broke out, just hours after a previous blaze was contained.

Emergency services are responding to a bus crash near Hamilton.

The crash also brought down powerlines, which has cut power to a handful of properties.

Large flames and billowing smoke could be seen in the area.

There have been several large, preventable wildfires in the area already, and one is still burning on forestry land.

Three children narrowly missed being seriously injured when a car in Upper Hutt hit the adults they were with this afternoon.

Fifteen fire crews found a one-storey building fully alight when they arrived at the scene.

With the weather deteriorating, two DOC rangers had to pause their search until first light - one of the toughest decisions they ever had to make. Video

The crash happened on Mapara Road, Acacia Bay shortly before midnight.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a crash that has closed SH2 near Waihi.