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Reports car in fatal crash may have been racing
There are unconfirmed reports a car which crashed near Foxton yesterday killing two people may have earlier been racing another vehicle.
Leave crash scenes alone - police
Police have named two people killed in a Waikato crash yesterday and are warning the public not to interfere with accident scenes.
Dying sister: I'm sorry
As Louise Reichenbach lay trapped and dying in a crashed car yesterday, she asked friends to tell her younger sister Tammy she was sorry for a fight they had had the previous day and that she "loved her very much".
Rescuers' efforts fail to save trapped pair
A horror head-on collision near Karapiro yesterday afternoon left two people dead in a car which was crushed against a bank.
Crash near Foxton claims two lives
Two people are dead and five others have been taken to hospital after a vehicle carrying seven people rolled this morning near Foxton.
Driver run over by own bus leaves hospital
A Hamilton man run over by his own bus in December has left hospital.
Charges to be laid over jetski death
Two teenagers involved in a jetski incident in which Rotorua teenager Bishop Thompson died will face charges.
Emotional service in Antarctica
Relatives of the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus air disaster returned last night from an emotional memorial service in Antarctica.
Son to finish Antarctic trip for his parents
His parents were among the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus disaster, so now Andrew Bond is going to complete their Antarctic trip for them.
No review of ACC rejections - Smith
Nick Smith has ruled out holding an independent review of ACC's procedures around elective surgery claims unless the corporation begins to lose large numbers of appeals against its decisions.
Tongan ferry was unseaworthy, court told
Tonga's biggest criminal trial, the Priness Ashika ferry sinking, has re-started in Nuku'alofa