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![Community service for bridge swing operator guilty of manslaughter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Community service for bridge swing operator guilty of manslaughter
Bridge swing operator Alistair McWhannell was today sentenced to 400 hours community service for the manslaughter of a student who fell to her death last year.
![Teen admits causing death of toddler](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Teen admits causing death of toddler
A driver has admitted causing the death of a boy, 4, who was walking on the pavement with his family when he was hit by the teenager's car.
![Air crash student victim named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Air crash student victim named
The student pilot who died after a mid-air collision with another plane in Feilding yesterday has been named.
![College board fined over boiler room blast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
College board fined over boiler room blast
Orewa College's board of trustees has been ordered to pay almost $137,000 over a fatal boiler room explosion.
![Officer injured after slowing for bus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Officer injured after slowing for bus
A police officer suffered whiplash injuries after his car was rammed from behind when he slowed down for a school bus this morning.
![Fatal mid-air crash 'like bomb'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Fatal mid-air crash 'like bomb'
The student pilot killed in yesterday's flight school crash was in her 60s and from the Kapiti Coast area, police said this morning.
![King's relieved student survived fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
King's relieved student survived fall
A boy's death-defying plunge from the top storey of an apartment block was the latest in a string of serious incidents involving King's students.
![Air collision victims instructor and student](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Air collision victims instructor and student
One plane landed safely after a mid-air collision in Feilding this afternoon, while the other crashed, killing the flying instructor and student occupants.
![Balcony from which boy fell to be examined](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Balcony from which boy fell to be examined
The balcony of an apartment from which a teen fell 16 storeys to a concrete floor and survived is to be examined to see if it has been modified.
![Police breached policy in fatal pursuit - IPCA](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Police breached policy in fatal pursuit - IPCA
Police made errors of judgment in a high-speed pursuit that ended with teen's death, the IPCA finds.
![IPCA report into police pursuit death set for release](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
IPCA report into police pursuit death set for release
An independent report into the death of a Rotorua teen in 2007 is set to make a number of recommendations.
![Tot killed in latest driveway tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tot killed in latest driveway tragedy
Police have named the 22-month-old girl killed when she was hit be a reversing car in her family's driveway.
![Boy falls 16 floors and lives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Boy falls 16 floors and lives
A teenager miraculously survived after falling 16 storeys from his family's apartment through a carpark roof on to a concrete floor.