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Collapsed deck was given 'all clear'

A holiday-home deck that collapsed injuring 9 had earlier been given the all-clear by a builder.

Man killed in Napier road crash named

Chinese police chief's son jailed

Bach balcony collapse: 9 hurt

Nine people were injured when a balcony collapsed at a holiday home in Omaha, north of Auckland, late last night. The victims were taken to Auckland City and North Shore hospitals with injuries believed to range from cuts and bruises to

Man killed by train near Wellington

One dead after crash near Napier

'She's dead', son tells rescuers

Rescue launched as pair were dragged out to sea when surfcasting off a popular Hawke's Bay beach.

'We must learn from this'

Motorcyclist lay dead for hours after crash

Autopsy after mystery death

Life support shut down, then crash victim gets better

Warning flags raised along cycle blackspot

Coroner's finding - first blast fatal

All 29 men lost in the Pike River disaster died within minutes of the first blast in the West Coast coal mine, a coronial inquest into the disaster has concluded.

Canterbury crash victim named

Diesel smell after blast, court told

The man charged with overseeing the Pike River mine smelled diesel or exhaust in the air about the time it was hit with an explosion that killed 29 men.

First blast lethal, Pike inquest told

The 29 workers who died in the Pike River disaster would have died within minutes of the original explosion at the West Coast coal mine, a coronial hearing in Greymouth has heard.