Residents at about ten properties in Evergreen Crescent have been asked to prepare for evacuation as a precaution.

Two helicopters are on the way to support crew on the ground.

Locals are urged to stay away from the area.

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27 Oct: A crash between two cars - one towing a caravan - has blocked State Highway 1 north of Dunedin

27 Oct: Truck drivers say flow-on effects from a significant disruption impacts services for days, and they're calling for better communications

26 Oct: Police are seeking information after a Polaris Ranger vehicle and the trailer it was attached to - were taken from a Palmerston North property

26 Oct: A 33-year-old man has been arrested after a police pursuit in Auckland's Westgate this afternoon

26 Oct: A person's died and another has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, after a motorbike hit a tree on Auckland's Waiheke Island

26 Oct: Police are continuing to investigate a fatal shooting in the Bay of Plenty's Te Puke

26 Oct: Firefighters are responding to a house fire in Hamilton's Flagstaff

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