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Rescue helicopters key to flooding response The Westpac and TECT rescue choopers poised for action. Photo: Life Fight. '); } else { // } The value of New Zealand’s rescue helicopters in a crisis was never clearer than this week, as chopper crews played a key role in the response to major flooding across the upper South Island. In one particularly dramatic rescue, the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter plucked a man from the roof of his campervan as floodwaters surrounded him in the Motueka Valley. It came as this year’s Westpac Chopper Appeal reached a final...

More heavy rain, gales coming for NZ Rain is expected in the Bay of Plenty this evening. File photo/SunLive. '); } else { // } Another burst of heavy rain is coming in for the upper South Island and other western and northern parts of NZ along with gale force winds from the northerly quarter. The wintry southerly weather pattern of a month ago is fast melting as a milder, windier and stormier west to north west pattern kicks in, says WeatherWatch.co.nz "Rain is forecast today and tomorrow in the upper South Island and regions like Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and e...

Man who died in police shooting named File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Police have named the man who died following a firearms incident involving police in Hamilton last week. Joel Robin Buckley, 42, of Hamilton is the person who died in the shooting, which occurred in Hillcrest. The Police and IPCA investigations into this incident are ongoing. Officers were involved in a firearms incident at a property on O'Donoghue Street in Hillcrest on Wednesday night. Officers investigating the fatal police shooting are also appealing for any photos or video footage t...

Body recovered from Rotorua hot pool Emergency services at the scene. Benn Bathgate/Stuff '); } else { // } A body has been recovered from one of the hot pools in Rotorua’s Government Gardens. Police, Fire and Emergency and St John staff have been at the scene on Tuesday morning where the body was removed from the Rachel Spring. A police spokesperson says they were called just after 10am “to a report of a body”. The cordon around the pool has since been lifted and a spokesperson says inquiries into the circumstances around the death are now under way. Reveren...

National calling for the return of ARTs An armed response tema in action during the trial programme. File photo.SunLive. '); } else { // } National is calling for the return of Armed Response Teams in New Zealand. A six month trial of teams of police carrying firearms was launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury in 2019 and ended in April 2020. The teams were also used in some situations in the Bay of Plenty. Coster said the decision not to roll-out the teams has been made based on preliminary findings from the trial evaluation, feedback received from t...