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Kenya crash: Driver was encouraged
The former Bethlehem College student who was driving the minibus in Kenya which crashed, killing four people, was encouraged to drive.

The right man in the right place
An Auckland man who gave CPR to a toddler found face down in a hot pool has played down his actions.

Rabbits, buns on Easter hazard list
Hunting for Easter eggs is coming with a $12.2 million warning this Easter, after nearly 20,000 people injured themselves at the expense of taxpayers last year.

Coroner launches probe into quad bike deaths
A Northland farmer who campaigned for tractor safety says now is the time to adopt similar procedures to prevent further quad bike deaths.

Soccer goal fractures student's skull
A pupil at Wakatipu High School suffered a fractured skull when a soccer goal tipped and fell on him.

Man's throat cut by glass
A man's throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday.

Trapped teen calls own ambulance
A 19-year-old man who rolled his ute called his own ambulance after laying trapped for two hours with spinal injuries.

Survivors 'lucky' in crash
Two "lucky" women continue to recover in hospital today after surviving a head-on crash involving a convertible Audi on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last night.

Yachties despair as thieves strike
A New Zealander rescued from a stricken yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has been left penniless after thieves stripped her vessel when it washed up in Australia.

Stricken mum hugs baby after accident
A woman has fed herself and held her children for the first time since a surfing accident left her paralysed.

Belated probe into crossing accident
The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.

'We're mums, we're dads. Share the road'
The sister of a woman killed in a cycling accident has made an emotional plea at her funeral for motorists to share the road with cyclists.

Horror crash driver had no licence
Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews yesterday did not have a licence.

Woman, two kids killed in horror crash
Two children - a baby and an 11-year-old boy - and their young aunt were killed in a crash that also left their 6-year-old sister and a man fighting for their lives.

Man hit by ambulance seriously injured
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.

Truck spills 14,000 litres of glue
Several thousand litres of glue have spilled onto the road after two trucks collided on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei this morning.

Pilot slammed by crash investigators
A pilot who ditched his helicopter in a Northland bay has been slammed by crash investigators for a series of failings.

Victim's plea for tougher car hire rules
A survivor of a crash in the Lindis Pass that claimed two lives, caused by an inexperienced driver, wants to see rental car companies imposing tougher controls on who it hires vehicles to.

Car blocking traffic on southern motorway
There have been problems for Auckland commuters on the southern motorway this morning.