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Top cop badly hurt in horror crash
A senior Western Bay of Plenty police officer has been seriously hurt in a horror smash north of Te Puke this morning and a motorcyclist has died following a crash at Mount Maunganui yesterday.
Pike River Coronial Inquest date set
The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.
Pike River: Generosity overwhelms
On Friday the 19th November I discovered my brother Conrad Adams was one of the 29 men who were inside the Pike River mine.
Govt opens ACC to private sector
The Government is to allow private insurers to compete with the Accident Compensation Corporation.
Man charged over fatal van crash
Police have charged the 18-year-old driver of a van involved in a fatal crash near Rotorua in July.
Field hospital needed for drunken London corporates
A field hospital has been set up in the heart of London's financial district to treat blind-drunk corporate revellers.
The fair cop
The festive season is a time of excess. But as the country’s top traffic officer Paula Rose tells Alan Perrott, there is little cheer in counting its cost.
Crushed in body, but not spirit
She's lucky to be alive, but 12-year-old Jacqueline Wyatt will have to learn to walk again.
Oil well inspector too busy: report
NZ has just one inspector to oversee safety in its oil exploration industry.
Three killed in weekend crashes
Three people have died on the roads so far this weekend in crashes near Wellsford, in the Far North and in west Auckland.
Pike River: Gas levels promising
Gas readings have been promising at the Pike River Coal mine since an Australian generator began pumping nitrogen into the mine yesterday to help cool the environment inside.
Tragedy on an ordinary day
Family members of the cyclists killed by a driver in Morrinsville just over a month ago share their stories of that fateful day.