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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Accident and Emergency articles  Accident and Emergency
    A sewer leak at a popular Christchurch swimming spot has been traced to bottles being flushed down toilets, blocking the septic system
     13 January 2026
    A sewer leak at a popular Christchurch swimming spot has been traced to bottles being flushed down toilets, blocking the septic system
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    Water Safety New Zealand says four water deaths in three days is incredibly worrying
    13 Jan: Water Safety New Zealand says four water deaths in three days is incredibly worrying... more
    Three people are seriously injured and another has moderate injuries after two vehicles collided on Canterbury's Rakaia Highway, just before six this evening
    12 Jan: Three people are seriously injured and another has moderate injuries after two vehicles collided on Canterbury's Rakaia Highway, just before six this evening... more
    Christchurch Police are seeking a man believed to be linked to a Sydenham arson before Christmas
    12 Jan: Christchurch Police are seeking a man believed to be linked to a Sydenham arson before Christmas... more
    A person is in a critical condition after a water-related incident at a Bay of Plenty property
    12 Jan: A person is in a critical condition after a water-related incident at a Bay of Plenty property... more
    Investigations are still ongoing into the deaths of two people at a property in Bay of Plenty's Pukehina earlier this month
    12 Jan: Investigations are still ongoing into the deaths of two people at a property in Bay of Plenty's Pukehina earlier this month... more
    Queenstown's Skippers Bridge will remain closed indefinitely after serious safety issues were discovered
    12 Jan: Queenstown's Skippers Bridge will remain closed indefinitely after serious safety issues were discovered... more
    At least 390,000 hectares of land has been burnt as wildfires continue to rage in Australia
    12 Jan: At least 390,000 hectares of land has been burnt as wildfires continue to rage in Australia... more
    A man's been confirmed dead after failing to return from a swim in Rotorua
    12 Jan: A man's been confirmed dead after failing to return from a swim in Rotorua... more
    Ground crews are working to fully stamp out a large vegetation fire burning in Hawke's Bay
    12 Jan: Ground crews are working to fully stamp out a large vegetation fire burning in Hawke's Bay... more

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     24 Jan: Police have released the full list pf names of the six people unaccounted for following the landslide at the Mount Maunganui Campground on Thursday ++++++++++++++++++++++
     07 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students ++++++++++++++++++++
     10 Jan: Six people have been involved in separate water-related incidents across the country this afternoon ++++++++++++++++++++
     21 Jan: Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately ++++++++++++++++++++
     22 Jan: Two people are unaccounted for and another is badly injured after a landslide at a house in Papamoa ++++++++++++++++
     09 Jan: One person's dead and 38 missing after a mountain of garbage toppled in the Philippines +++++++++++++++
     09 Jan: The remaining pilot whales stranded at Farewell Spit have been refloated +++++++++++++++


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