(File photo) Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
A body has been found at the scene of a house fire in Ngāruawāhia.
Emergency services were called to the Sims Street house at 10.40am on Sunday.
One person was found at the scene, but they had died before rescuers reached them.
Fire and police were investigating how the fire started, and police said the property would remain cordoned off while examinations were carried out.
A large scale search is underway in the Firth of Thames, after a kayaker did not return home last night.
One person has died, and State Highway 1 is closed at Lake Taupō and Waihola, after separate crashes this morning.
Drug overdose deaths are up more than 50 percent according to a new Drug Foundation report.
Police are speaking with five people in relation to a firearms incident in west Auckland.
More police are on duty in South Auckland this weekend, after what they say has been potentially dangerous behaviour from some rugby league supporters.
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