NEWS

A man has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg after falling off a flying fox on a rural property outside Wellington this evening. Police said the 43-year-old “came to grief” on a flying fox across a gully … Continue reading →

Porirua firefighters have plucked a man from a precarious position after he scaled 100m down a cliff face to retrieve his model airplane – then got stuck. A team of 10 firefighters made the three-hour long rescue when a man … Continue reading →

Six fire engines are at the scene of a fire in Plimmerton this evening. The fire started in a garage on Motuhara Rd and then spread into a house. Emergency services were called to the scene around 7.30pm. No-one is … Continue reading →

Porirua Volunteer Fire Brigade is going back to the future. The station has bought an old fire engine, which was stationed at Porirua almost 50 years ago. Station officer Margaret Smith said a friend found the truck rotting in a … Continue reading →

A fire has broken out in a Porirua office block this morning but a medical unit in the building managed to keep running throughout the evacuation. Incident controller Trevor Sheehan said the fire, in the BNZ Tower on Hartham Pl, … Continue reading →

A tenant is being treated for burns after firefighters battled a house fire in the Porirua suburb of Titahi Bay. Crews from four fire engines fought the flames on Te Pene Ave, which started around 9pm yesterday. The fire was … Continue reading →

A man has been charged with arson after a fire in a block of Housing New Zealand flats at Titahi Bay. The fire destroyed the top unit of the block in Herewini St, where the arrested man, 41, is understood … Continue reading →

A budgie has been found chirping in a cage an hour after fire crews  extinguished a blaze in a Wellington property early today. Wellington Free Ambulance spokesman Daniel Paul said just one person, a 72-year-old man, was treated after the … Continue reading →

A truck driver was lucky to escape with his life after his cab caught fire while he was asleep in the early hours of this morning. The driver was sleeping in his truck on Heriot Drive in Porirua, behind the … Continue reading →

Firefighters have damped down the hotspot which reignited the fire at the Harvey Norman store in Porirua. The fire service had been called back to the store around 8.10 Sunday evening. The fire, which started late on Sunday morning, took … Continue reading →