Stolen Mercedes trial: Who's really to blame for fatal crash?
The Crown says ‘it takes two’, while the defence says only one person is culpable.
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Watch live: Govt pledges $571m for Defence Force pay, helicopter and vehicle upgrades
The new spend includes more than $100m of cuts to the NZDF and the Defence Ministry.
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'Third-world stuff': Energy minister praises chilly Kiwis' restraint amid grid crisis
The country’s grid operator issued a warning notice in advance.
'Third-world stuff': Crisis meeting held ahead of grid emergency as polar blast bears down
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Pharmacies investigated for allegedly giving unnecessary immunisations
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'I gunned it': Fleeing Merc thief's interview after 70yo owner died in watery crash
'I was knocked out and bleeding - I thought I was dead,' Kyle Clarke told police.
'Botched-up police job': Lachie Jones' dad disputes timeline around son's death
Paul Jones believes his son was murdered.
Concrete stats show hard times for construction sector
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Shocking video: Wrong-way motorway driver crashes into elderly couple
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Jailed paedophile with 'above average' risk of reoffending released four years early
Matthew Kelly paid a woman to send him a video of herself abusing an infant.
West Coast’s ‘walking tree’ in the running for NZ Tree of the Year
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NZR plots to bring Mo'unga home from Japan stint early
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Person killed in fire at Burnham military camp was teenage girl
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Lachlan Jones’ grandfather tells of mother’s plan to leave toddler out of will
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Watch: Couple book romantic Queenstown hotel, get building site
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Super Rugby selections: All Blacks make timely return
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Person killed, three hurt in fire at Burnham military camp
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Lachie Jones inquest: Detective would have done things differently
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Concrete truck driver trapped after crash on road to Akaroa
Firefighters worked to free the driver after the crash this morning.
How US President Joe Biden cost NZ a second NRL team
How White House geo-politics spoiled plans for a Christchurch NRL team.
'The car ran over itself': Final moments of fatal high-speed crash
A debris field was found 51 metres from where Allister Christie's car became airborne.
Queenstown Views Villas, Carlin Hotel debts and assets disclosed
The companies owned by the late Kevin Carlin owe millions.
New Tasers rolled out in Southern District
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Farmer fumes over Ecan chairman’s ‘hypocrisy’
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Dan Carter and the Zen of goalkicking
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Half the country’s junior doctors to strike for 25 hours
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70-year-old died in watery crash after chasing man driving his stolen Mercedes
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Editorial: Adventure sports must be safe, but risks will never be zero
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'These animals need to die': Controversial cat hunting contest returns
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