Surf lifeguards were alerted to a person in distress at the northern end of Okitu Beach just before noon.
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A second local has died at the popular Wairoa River swimming spot after a 21-year-old died in December 2024.
7:00pm
Motorists are advised to avoid the area and expect delays.
6:36pm
Police said the man's body was located at 1am on Saturday.
12:36pm
Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive from the the avalanche of rubbish and debris in the village of Binaliw in Cebu on Thursday.
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Fri, Jan 9
"Thank you for all the love and care you have shown my brothers," Joshua wrote on Instagram.
David Simmers died after being crushed under his vehicle at his Wānaka home on Monday.
Thu, Jan 8
Emergency services responded to the incident at around 8am.
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on Pine Valley Rd, Dairy Flat just before 1pm yesterday.
Captain Brandon Fisher ensured none of the 177 people aboard flight 1282 were killed when the blowout happened in January 2024.
Wed, Jan 7
The woman was pulled from the water unresponsive near the Lady Knox Geyser just a few days before Christmas.
Emergency services were called to a collision between a car and motorbike around 11am.
State Highway 1 northbound was earlier closed at Greville Road as police responded to a serious incident.
Shortly before 6pm, three people were screaming for help outside the flagged area at Tairua Beach.
Gus Lamont, 4, was last seen playing on a mound of dirt at the sprawling sheep station in outback South Australia on September 27.
Tue, Jan 6
Two others remain in hospital in a critical condition.
"A diesel road tanker has hit a road barrier, and we estimate up to 4000 litres of fuel has spilt," the fire service said.
The crash occurred on Lamb Rd in Pukenui shortly before 8am.
A 15-year-old who survived Tasmania's Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy in 2021 has died in an e-bike crash on New Year's Eve.
Mon, Jan 5
Joshua posted a picture on his Instagram account, writing "My Brothers Keeper" on the caption along with two hearts.
The death in Papatoetoe brings the provisional number of road deaths for the 2025/2026 Christmas holiday period to seven.
Earlier, NZTA had described traffic in the area as "very heavy".
Sun, Jan 4
Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele died after the vehicle they were traveling in along with Joshua struck a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos on Monday.
Police said the two-vehicle crash at the Ōhaupō Rd/Ryburn Rd intersection, south of Hamilton, was reported at 9.15am on Sunday.
Rimu, a curly-coat retriever, has been reunited with her owner after surviving four days following a yacht capsizing off Whananaki on December 30.
