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Pilots blamed for Air NZ crash
Flight-deck error, inadequate training and a maintenance slip caused the crash of an Air NZ jet, France's air safety board has determined.
Families of Fox Glacier victims grieve loss
Days after her partner died in last Saturday's tragedy, Dido Eden found a poem from him asking her to marry him.
MP reveals skydiving excursions with Fox Glacier crash victim
A Labour MP has revealed he'd been skydiving three times with Rodney Miller, who died in Saturday's plane crash in Fox Glacier.
Pub tribute for dead plane crew
On a pool table at a Fox Glacier pub, a variety of drinks were arranged alongside the words "RIP Boys", as locals remembered their friends killed in Saturday's plane crash.
Skydiving team had spotless record, company says
Skydive NZ's John Kerr says he's "absolutely devastated and numbed" by the Fox Glacier crash that claimed the lives of more than a third of his staff.
Fox Glacier crash probe begins
Transport accident investigators are confident they will find "most, if not all", of the reasons for the Fox Glacier plane crash, despite fire causing massive damage to the aircraft.
Nine die as plane crashes in flames
The deaths of five local men and four overseas tourists makes it one of New Zealand's deadliest plane crashes.
Nine dead in Fox Glacier plane crash
A fiery plane crash that killed nine people in Fox Glacier today happened just metres from the town's chief fire officer's house.
'Utter disbelief' at NZ crash survivor
The sister of the Kiwi sole survivor of Tuesday's plane crash in PNG says she felt "utter disbelief" when she heard he was alive.
Kiwi survivor of PNG crash named
The New Zealand man who was the only survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea in which four died has been named.
Jet passengers talk of 'exploding' engine
A mid-air explosion forced a Qantas' 747 jetliner carrying 230 people to make an emergency landing.
PNG crash survivor flown to Australia
The sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.
New Zealander killed in PNG plane crash
The NZ High Commissioner is on her way to a remote plane crash site in Papua New Guinea where one New Zealander and three Australians died. The NZ co-pilot is the sole survivor.
Feilding community pays its respects
A wide cross-section of the Feilding community turned out for a candlelit service tonight in response to recent tragic deaths, and to celebrate the town's strength of spirit.
Ballot opens for Erebus flight
Families who lost loved ones in NZ's worst air crash nearly 31 years ago have been asked to register for a ballot for 80 seats on a RNZAF commemorative flight to Antarctica.
Pilot texting before fatal crash - report
A helicopter pilot was sending and receiving text messages in the minutes prior to being killed in a crash, a report says.
Govt to fly Erebus relatives to Antarctica
The Govt will fly up to 80 relatives of the victims of the Mt Erebus crash to Antarctica, Murray McCully has announced
Surviving pilot playing plane collision game
A video game may have helped a pilot put his damaged aircraft down safely after a mid-air collision that killed two others.