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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04 Dec: A section of State Highway 35 through Bay of Plenty is fully closed following a serious two-vehicle crash

04 Dec: Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago

04 Dec: One person's died after truck crashed into a car dealership on Lower Hutt's Rutherford Street about 5.30am

04 Dec: Invercargill Police are probing a suspected arson that's destroyed four Treetech vehicles

03 Dec: State Highway 1 near Waimate in South Canterbury has reopened after a crash this afternoon

03 Dec: More than 11 years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing - the search is about to resume

03 Dec: Pleas for fishers to steer clear of Papanui Point - one of New Zealand's deadliest drowning hotspots

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