Emergency Services

There was supposed to be an open home at 81-year-old Alan Johnson's house on Sunday, but it had been torn to shreds during the storm that hit Mangawhai overnight.

The two-vehicle crash near Takapau, central Hawke's Bay, closed State Highway 2.

They were found dead at the scene.

A second person involved in a fatal crash in Canterbury on Wednesday has died.

Emergency services were called to the Windsor Place property on Saturday afternoon.

Public hospitals across Auckland were affected by a IT systems outage between 2.30am and 6am on Saturday.

A motorcyclist has died after crash at Bunnythorpe, north of Palmerston North.

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.