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![Burned kids face long recovery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Burned kids face long recovery
The infant siblings badly burned in a Gisborne car fire are likely to face dozens more operations and many weeks in hospital as they recover.
![Prison van collides with crane on SH2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Prison van collides with crane on SH2
A prison van that collided with a crane on State Highway 2 is blocking traffic near Katikati.
![Call for rural suicide awareness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Call for rural suicide awareness
A Federated Farmers leader has called on a coroner to look into rural suicides instead of concentrating on quad bike deaths.
![Passengers asked fatal crash driver to slow down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Passengers asked fatal crash driver to slow down
A teenager and a 20-year-old died in an after-party crash caused by the unlicensed driver reaching 145km/h while racing his overloaded vehicle, a coroner has found.
![Forestry worker injured, flown to hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Forestry worker injured, flown to hospital
A man's been taken to Wellington Hospital's emergency department after seriously injuring his leg while felling a tree.
![Crippled on OE: 'I couldn't move my legs'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crippled on OE: 'I couldn't move my legs'
Alicia Kissick was like most young Kiwis heading off on their OE - full of dreams, aspirations and excitement. Then she fractured two vertebrae in her spine.
![Bedside vigil for car-fire kids](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bedside vigil for car-fire kids
The family of two children who were severely burned in a car fire in Gisborne last week are maintaining a bedside vigil as the pair continue to fight for their lives in hospital.
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Search continues for hit and run
UPDATED Police are still searching for a car involved in a hit and run that has left a teenage boy in an Auckland hospital overnight.
![Second crash for Hertz?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Second crash for Hertz?
The plane that crashed off the coast of Kawhia last Saturday had undergone extensive repairs for damage when it ran off the end of an airstrip a year ago.
![Dad dies in rider's sidecar crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dad dies in rider's sidecar crash
A dad was killed while riding in the sidecar of a speedway motorbike driven by his son during a practice run yesterday.
![Teenager struck in hit and run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teenager struck in hit and run
A teenage boy has been hospitalised with serious injuries after a hit and run in Auckland this evening.
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Body recovered from plane
A body has been recovered from the crashed plane of 2degrees boss Eric Hertz and one of the Navy divers has been injured while working on the recovery operation.
![Cow killed in 3 car crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cow killed in 3 car crash
There has been a three-car crash north of Wellington this morning, resulting in the death of a cow.
![Car fire kids still serious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Car fire kids still serious
Two pre-schoolers who were trapped in a burning car in Gisborne remain hospitalised in a serious condition.
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Friends speak up for burnt tots' mum
Family and friends of the mother whose toddlers were badly burnt in a car fire after being left alone have defended her actions.
![Victim's cousin: 'I asked her to stay'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Victim's cousin: 'I asked her to stay'
Just hours before being fatally struck by a car on a dark highway, 18-year-old Jovaan Graham was urged by her cousin to stay with her in Rotorua.
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Plane crash: Boaties told to stay back
Boaties have been asked to stay 500m from the site where the plane belonging to 2degrees chief executive Eric Hertz and his wife crashed while divers search for bodies.
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Plane crash: Police to decide on underwater operation
Police will decide whether the wreck of the plane belonging to the 2degrees' chief executive Eric Hertz will be recovered from the seabed off the Waikato coast, the Navy says.
![Car crashes into bank in central Tauranga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Car crashes into bank in central Tauranga
A pregnant woman was among those hit when an elderly woman accidentally drove her car into a bank in central Tauranga this morning, witnesses say.
![Two injured in four-way Welcome Bay crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two injured in four-way Welcome Bay crash
Two people were injured this morning in a four vehicle crash in Tauranga which blocked State Highway 2 near the southern end of Welcome Bay Rd.
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Cut drinking limit - cop's parting shot
The blood-alcohol limit for drivers should be lowered to prevent more unnecessary road deaths, says one of New Zealand's most experienced police officers.