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![Expert explains Doha fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Expert explains Doha fire
The last of the prosecution witnesses in the Doha mall fire trial has given evidence on how the deadly blaze was ignited.
![Professor says driver right to keep quiet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Professor says driver right to keep quiet
A criminal law expert says he would have advised a former Bethlehem College student to keep quiet about his part in a tragic bus crash in Kenya until arriving home.
![Police tell Kenyan authorities of swap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police tell Kenyan authorities of swap
New Zealand police will inform Kenyan authorities that the driver of a minivan that crashed killing four people was an 18-year-old Kiwi, not a local man.
![Kiwi freeskier in surgery after crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi freeskier in surgery after crash
Injured Kiwi freeskier Rose Battersby is currently undergoing surgery on her broken spine after her heavy crash at the Winter X Games.
![Bethlehem College expecting normal school start despite tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bethlehem College expecting normal school start despite tragedy
A normal start to the school year is expected at Tauranga's Bethlehem College today.
![Boy burned in gas bottle explosion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boy burned in gas bottle explosion
An 11-year-old Motueka boy suffered burns to his face and upper body when a gas bottle being used for a barbecue exploded.
![Body recovery delayed until October](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Body recovery delayed until October
The bodies of the three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica will not be recovered until at least October, Antarctica New Zealand says.
![Teen suffers spinal injuries after trail bike accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen suffers spinal injuries after trail bike accident
A 16-year-old has suffered spinal injuries after falling off trail bike whilst performing jumps at a Hawkes Bay farm.
![Fire, death on Hawkes Bay highway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fire, death on Hawkes Bay highway
A driver died when his vehicle plunged 60 metres down a bank in northern Hawkes Bay, and another motorist had a lucky escape when he jumped out of his truck only minutes before it was destroyed by flames yesterday.
![Kids pay tribute to parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kids pay tribute to parents
The ten children of a couple killed in a mini-van accident in Kenya on January 15 have paid tribute to their parents at a funeral service at Bethlehem College this morning.
![SH7 reopened following fatal crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
SH7 reopened following fatal crash
Police have reopened State Highway 7 following a crash shortly before 1pm yesterday in which a motorcyclist heading to the annual Woodstock Rally near Hokitika was killed.
![Kenya crash: Thousands expected at funeral for couple](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kenya crash: Thousands expected at funeral for couple
More than 2,000 people are expected to attend a funeral in Tauranga this morning for the husband and wife who died in a road crash in Kenya.
![Doha fire: Family denied access to report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Doha fire: Family denied access to report
The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a Doha fire says the most scientific piece of evidence is not being presented in a trial to decide culpability for the fatal fire.
![Cyclist, 13, wasn't wearing helmet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cyclist, 13, wasn't wearing helmet
A 13-year-old girl is dead after she fell off her bike in Papakura and her head hit the concrete. She wasn't wearing a helmet.
![Te Mata Peak crash investigation continues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Te Mata Peak crash investigation continues
A teenager was found dead after being flung from a Mercedes Benz when it crashed off Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay yesterday morning.
![Man burnt disconnecting gas cylinder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man burnt disconnecting gas cylinder
A man received burns to his arm and leg when the lpg cylinder he was attending to caught fire at the Glendhu Bay Lakeside Holiday Park in central Otago late yesterday morning.
![Gun death: Father forgives friend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gun death: Father forgives friend
His son was shot dead by an air rifle while drinking alcohol with his friends - but the victim's father says he isn't angry with the teenager who pulled the trigger.
![One dead after Te Mata Peak plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
One dead after Te Mata Peak plunge
A man has died after a car plunged 150m down Te Mata Peak in Hawkes Bay.
![Kenyan bus crash survivors return home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kenyan bus crash survivors return home
Four of the Bethlehem College students involved in a fatal minibus crash in Kenya have been reunited with family and friends.
![Rigger tells his side of copter crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rigger tells his side of copter crash
Scott Anderson knows most people may think he is to blame after seeing footage and reports of a helicopter crash in Auckland's Viaduct.
![Eight injured in head-on crash in Whangarei](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Eight injured in head-on crash in Whangarei
Eight people were taken to hospital after a stolen car crashed into another vehicle containing six people near where a police patrol had stopped to speak to a cyclist.