Fire and Emergency say a digger punctured a gas main shortly after 10am.

The Kiwi on Queen Apartment building has been evacuated, and Queen Street is closed between Mayoral Drive and Karangahape Road.

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27 Nov: Large fires are still burning across Southland and Otago -as high winds fuel their spread

27 Nov: State Highway 1 between Kaikoura and Blenheim is likely to be closed for several hours after a fatal motorcycle crash

27 Nov: A woman's dead and a man's in a critical condition after a shark attack off the New South Wales coast

27 Nov: An Auckland surfer's lucky to be alive, after drifting more than a kilometre off Piha Beach - caught in a rip and in complete darkness

27 Nov: A small boat's caught fire in the Hauraki Gulf this morning - with two boaties escaping on a dinghy

27 Nov: Auckland Transport's launched consultation on improving congestion on three major routes

27 Nov: A man's been charged over the death of a well-loved rural postie - killed delivering his final parcel before retirement

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