KiwiRail reports no one was injured during the incident this afternoon.

The port was closed until about 8pm and ferries delayed, but there is a 2.30am sailing from Picton scheduled

KiwiRail has begun an investigation

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29 Dec: Police are continuing to look into reports someone had a firearm in Christchurch's Halswell Quarry and Kennedy's Bush area about 10.30 yesterday morning

29 Dec: Two people have been hospitalised, after reports of fighting in South Auckland's Wiri last night

28 Dec: Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast

28 Dec: In Upper Hutt near Kaitoke, the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road has reopened after a collision

28 Dec: Spanish soccer coach missing after tourist boat sinks in Indonesia's Komodo National Park

28 Dec: Two people have died in Japan - after at least 50 vehicles were caught in a pile-up on a highway north-west of Tokyo

28 Dec: Gisborne-bound motorists are being urged to drive safe, and plan ahead, as traffic's expected to worsen, over the holiday break

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