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Trip ends in tragedy
A hunting trip turned to tragedy when a group tried to raft out of a remote part of Eastern Bay of Plenty on a swollen river.
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Dad praises his quick-witted sons
Injured father reveals his son suffered an electric shock while fighting to save him from electrocution.
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'Heroes' pull occupants from flaming wreckage
Police have praised the actions of a group of "heroes" who risked their lives to pull three people from the wreckage of a crash in Hawke's Bay.
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Helicopter wreckage recovered
The wreck of the helicopter that crashed, killing two people on Thursday, has been recovered from Bluff Harbour.
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Helicopter crashed in clear skies
The flight instructor who died in a helicopter crash "ate, drank and slept" aviation, a friend says.
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Bodies recovered from chopper crash site
The bodies of an instructor and a trainee pilot were this afternoon removed from the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed into Bluff Harbour yesterday.
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Crashed helicopter found, two dead
The helicopter missing since yesterday has been found submerged in Bluff Harbour along with the bodies of the chopper's two crew.
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Auckland bus ploughs into cars in peak-hour traffic
Two people were taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a line of cars in the Auckland suburb of Greenlane this morning.
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Helicopter, two crew missing in Southland
A major search underway in Southland for a missing helicopter with a pilot and instructor on board will continue into the night.
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Officer's bravery honoured
A 10-year-old boy says he would have died without the brave actions of an off-duty police officer who pulled him from a burning wreck.
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Fire Service: Four deaths in five days 'preventable'
The deaths of four people in house fires across the country in the past five days could have been prevented, the Fire Service says.