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Update 3: fatal house fire, Mairehau, Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan: Police continue to work at the scene of last night’s fire in Mairehau. We can now confirm that the...
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Update 2: fatal house fire, Mairehau, Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police Police, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand, enquiries are underway after one person died following a house fire in Mairehau. Emergency services were called to a...
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Update 2: fatal house fire, Mairehau
Source: New Zealand Police Police, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand, enquiries are underway after one person died following a house fire in Mairehau. Emergency services were called to a...
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Child dies, six in hospital after fire tears through Christchurch home
Source: Radio New Zealand The house in Mairehau on Friday morning. RNZ / Louis Dunham A child has died and six people have been injured, one critically, after a house...
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Update: Fatal house fire, Mairehau
Source: New Zealand Police Police, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand, enquiries are underway after one person died following a house fire in Mairehau. Emergency services were called to a...
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Occupants safe after fire at two-storey house in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly About 20 firefighters have tackled a house fire in North Auckland in the early hours of Friday. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) were...
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Pouri Hut site cleanup a last hurrah for Whanganui ranger
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 14 May 2026 The trip into the Matemateāonga Range was Department of Conservation Ranger Shane Woolley’s last helicopter mission prior to his retirement at the...
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Wellington street closed after cyclist trapped under car
Source: Radio New Zealand s] The cyclist has since been freed and taken to hospital with serious injuries. RNZ / REECE BAKER Glenmore Street in central Wellington is closed after...
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Fire and Emergency reinforces public safety messages and updates on emergency response arrangements
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is reminding the public to take care during a strike by the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) from 4.30...
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Rescuers told to wait as man and dogs stranded in middle of flooded Canterbury river
Source: Radio New Zealand The stranded ute in the Waimakariri River. Supplied / Coastguard NZ Rescuers were told to hold back for more than an hour from saving a man...
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Auckland boarding houses investigation finds significant non-compliance with Healthy Homes Standards
Source: Radio New Zealand Inside a Mt Eden boarding house. (File photo) MBIE / SUPPLIED An investigation of boarding houses in Auckland found significant non-compliance with Healthy Homes Standards, the...
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Police emergency calltakers will take fire calls during strike action
Source: Radio New Zealand Police emergency calltakers would take calls but transfer them to fire leaders not on strike. (File photo) 123rf Police 111 calltakers are stepping in to take...
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FENZ turns down request to help US urban search and rescue teams
Source: Radio New Zealand Emails seen by RNZ showed FENZ turned down the US State Department in March. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Fire and Emergency has turned down a request to help...
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Fire spreads through second floor of Orewa house
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller Fire investigators are working to find the cause of a house fire in Orewa overnight. Fire crews were called to the two-storey...
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Fire spread through second floor of Orewa house
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller Fire investigators are working to find the cause of a house fire in Orewa overnight. Fire crews were called to the two-storey...
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Six people rescued from floodwaters, Marlborough
Source: New Zealand Police Six people were rescued last night after becoming trapped in floodwaters in Marlborough. Emergency services were notified about 8.35pm of vehicles stuck in floodwaters on SH6,...
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Fire and Emergency received calls for 19 incidents during today’s strike
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 19 incidents between midday and 1pm today, Friday 8 May, the thirty-first time the New Zealand Professional...
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand reminds public to be extra careful when strike action takes place
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is warning the public that the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be undertaking a strike tomorrow, Friday 7...
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‘Big explosion’ after unidentified cannister found at Auckland’s Long Bay beach
Source: Radio New Zealand Long Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. (File photo) 123rf.com A loud explosion has been heard at Auckland’s Long Bay beach after an unidentified canister washed up....
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Fire at Auckland Kāinga Ora apartment block
Source: Radio New Zealand A close-up of the Fire and Emergency NZ logo. Marika Khabazi / RNZ Dozens of firefighters are tackling a fire at a block of Kāinga Ora...
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Only paid FENZ job in Aotea Great Barrier Island axed
Source: Radio New Zealand Great Barrier Island eastern coastline (file photo) RNZ / Kate Newton Fire and Emergency New Zealand has axed the only paid role on Aotea Great Barrier...
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Cost of helicopter ambulance callouts to increase almost 65% for third party customers
Source: Radio New Zealand The hike of almost 65 percent from the current $8200 an hour kicks in from Friday. Samuel Rillstone The cost of calling out an air ambulance...
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Early morning house fire in Christchurch
Source: Radio New Zealand About eight firefighters put out the blaze. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Firefighters were called to a house on fire in Christchurch on Friday morning. Fire and...
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Employment Disputes – Fire and Emergency reminds public to be extra careful while strike action takes place
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is warning the public that the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be undertaking a strike tomorrow, Friday 1...
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Loud explosions as forklift catches fire at Port Nelson
Source: Radio New Zealand A forklift on fire at Nelson Port. Supplied/ Mike Wilson Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire that started in a forklift at Port Nelson. Fire...
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DOC ranger saves horse with angle grinder
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 30 April 2026 He was busy repairing the roof of historic stables at the Birchwood Homestead in Ahuriri Conservation Park in the Mackenzie basin, when...
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Person hurt as blaze tears through large industrial building
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has been seriously injured. Supplied / Ken Cox Firefighters have extinguished a fire that tore through a Timaru industrial premises this morning. One person...