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Drink-driver denies injuring officer
A 23-year-old says he had no intention of injuring a police officer who tried to stop him driving off in a patrol car after being processed for drink-driving at a checkpoint. A court has heard had earlier admitted the charge
![Divorce site 'helps people move on'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Divorce site 'helps people move on'
Founders of a website aiming to make divorces easier have hit back at claims their site is tacky and destructive to families.
![Racing: Bookies react quickly to brilliant effort](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Racing: Bookies react quickly to brilliant effort
Fallen star of harness racing shows he is back to his best after sizzling 1:52.9 mile.
![Interiors: A mum and daughter team effort](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Interiors: A mum and daughter team effort
Recognising a good structure in a former rental A-frame was the first step for a new family home.
!['I thank my lucky stars I still have one'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I thank my lucky stars I still have one'
Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two."
![Mackenzie Country: Saddle safari](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mackenzie Country: Saddle safari
Jacqui Madelin spots sheep and scores great views on a bike adventure in steep MacKenzie Country.
![Schoolkids pull no punches with Sonny Bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Schoolkids pull no punches with Sonny Bill
Sonny Bill Williams will tomorrow partly make good on a promise he made after he ran out of gas on a country road last year.
![Gregory Tobin](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gregory Tobin
Gregory James Tobin, 25, is thought to have been working at Joe's Garage, in the central business district when the earthquake struck.
![Police cleared over fatal crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police cleared over fatal crash
Police have been cleared of wrongdoing in the pursuit of a serial drunk driver who sped through a red light and killed two people in Christchurch.
![Dirt biking in Mackenzie Country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dirt biking in Mackenzie Country
Rolling hills and rocky climbs make for an adventure on the Yamaha Lakes and Mountains Safari, one of several adventure dirt bike rides run by Mike Britton and his wife, Angela.
![Cricket: Nicol sends his old mates on route B to final](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Nicol sends his old mates on route B to final
Auckland must take route B to contest the national one-day final.
![<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Mobile charges a heartbreaker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Mobile charges a heartbreaker
Cheaper calls may be at hand, but you'll probably still need two phones to get the best deals.