Emergency Services
Business owners assessing damage after Takanini fire
Business owners are assessing the damage after a blaze destroyed two thirds of a shopping block in South Auckland last night.
The large fire, in Takanini, caused part of Great South Road and a… Audio
Fire destroys large section of two-storey building in Takanini
Firefighters are staying overnight at the scene of large fire in south Auckland in case it flares up again.
Fire in commercial premises in Takanini
A large fire broke out overnight at a commercial block in Auckland situated between a petrol station and a motorway off-ramp
Most of the two-storey shopping block has been destroyed in the Takanini… Audio
Police investigating two separate shootings in Auckland, teen left injured
An 18-year-old is stable after being shot, receiving injuries to his back and arms.
Police seeking missing boy last seen in Papakura on 10 March
Police are asking for help to find a 15-year-old boy missing since 10 March.
Police identify body found in Auckland stream
Police say a man found dead in Henderson yesterday morning has now been formally identified.
Person found dead after vehicle incident in Auckland
A person was found dead after an incident in a car in central Auckland, police say.
Body found in waterway in West Auckland's Henderson
Police are currently treating the death as unexplained.
Sheer luck no-one injured after police fired pistol, tasers at fleeing man - IPCA
No disciplinary action has been taken against the officers involved which was disappointing, the IPCA chair Judge Colin Doherty says.
Auckland Council asked for USAR team on standby after flooding
The ongoing threat of landslides in Auckland sparked a plea from emergency officials for a rapid rescue team to be on call 24/7.
Karekare residents band together to get through, one month after cyclone
A month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, residents of a coastal Auckland settlement are banding together to make the best of a bad situation.
Karekare was completely cut off and access is still limited to… Audio
Auckland Council asked for USAR team on standby
Auckland Council has asked for a search and rescue team to be on permanent standby.
After the anniversary floods there were a number of slips that claimed lives and destroyed houses and roads and the… Audio
Time is right to lift state of emergency - Napier Mayor
In Napier as the clean-up continues, crime appears to be trending downwards.
Corin Dann spoke to Napier mayor Kirsten Wise, who told him now is the right time to lift the State of Emergency.
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Tai Rāwhiti state of emergency ending
After 28 days the national state of emergency for Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay ends on Tuesday morning and the two regions now enter the cyclone recovery phase.
They join Northland, Auckland, Waikato… Audio
"We're just doing this out of our own hearts" - Hawkes Bay relief volunteers
In this Voices episode, we're talking to volunteers coming together to help the Hawkes Bay's community back on its feet again after Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
Fire destroys storage facility in Invercargill
Firefighters are continuing to damp down hotspots following a fire at an Invercargill storage facility.
Health Minister on flawed emergency department data
The National Party is seeking assurances that public data on cancer and acute care is not riddled with mistakes after the fiasco over Emergency Department wait times.
Te Whatu Ora has apologised for… Audio
Former Northland DHB member on health centralisation issues
Te Whatu Ora admits published emergency department performance figures are wrong.
The Associate Dean Rural in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University, former Northland DHB… Audio
GP pressure worsens as health performance data taken offline
Te Whatu Ora has admitted some of its data on the emergency department wait times is wrong, and has since taken the entire page of health performance metrics offline.
But that concession comes as GP… Audio
Nurses Organisation on Te Whatu Ora emergency department data errors
The country's health entity has admitted there are mistakes in its published data and says it will correct it over time.
The incorrect figures were used by the Health Minister Ayesha Verrall… Audio
