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![Legal claim launched alleging defects in New Lynn's Merchant Quarter: no hearing yet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Legal claim launched alleging defects in New Lynn's Merchant Quarter: no hearing yet
Statement of claim lodged, no date has yet been set for a hearing in court.
![Police crack down boy racer 'skid meets' involving 100 cars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police crack down boy racer 'skid meets' involving 100 cars
More than 100 cars were involved in boy racer events on Thursday night.
![Watch: Truck driver flees from angry locals after crashing into parked car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: Truck driver flees from angry locals after crashing into parked car
Several witnesses said the driver of the truck ran away from the scene after the crash.
![Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal
Financial Times: If you can't beat 'em...VW is hitching a ride with fleeter-footed rivals.
![Car dealerships in US revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Car dealerships in US revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks
Cyberattack mess could take days more to clean up.
![Person in serious condition after being struck by moving car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Person in serious condition after being struck by moving car
One person is in serious condition after being struck by a moving vehicle.
![‘Extortion’: Car dealers disrupted as cyberattacks strike US and Canada](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘Extortion’: Car dealers disrupted as cyberattacks strike US and Canada
Cyberattacks mean car dealerships across North America face massive disruption.
![Are big cars really safer?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Are big cars really safer?
With more SUVs on the road than ever, here's what you need to know.
![Two ‘suspicious’ vehicle fires on same street a day apart not related, police say](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two ‘suspicious’ vehicle fires on same street a day apart not related, police say
Second car fire on Tennyson St came a day after witness saw the 'firebombing' of a ute.
![Masked men throw 'fire bomb' at vehicle in Dannevirke](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Masked men throw 'fire bomb' at vehicle in Dannevirke
A Dannevirke family watched as their ute went up in flames. Video / Annette Lilo
![Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman after Japan scandal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman after Japan scandal
Chairman to run gauntlet after major embarrassment for the company.
![Z Energy hits back at watchdog's petrol price claims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Z Energy hits back at watchdog's petrol price claims
How much are 'feather and rocket' pricing tactics costing you?
![Rescuer runs into Lake Taupō to save driver, then performs CPR](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rescuer runs into Lake Taupō to save driver, then performs CPR
An arborist trained in CPR says he and others went into 'reactive mode' to save the man.
![One dead in crash west of Christchurch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
One dead in crash west of Christchurch
A second person suffered moderate injuries in the incident at Darfield.
![Organiser of Levin boy racer gathering tells Police Minister to 'get f****d'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Organiser of Levin boy racer gathering tells Police Minister to 'get f****d'
Two policemen were injured when boy racers threw bottles, bricks and rocks.
![$4b fund to fix 62,000 road potholes nationwide](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$4b fund to fix 62,000 road potholes nationwide
More than $2 billion in funding will go towards fixing state highway potholes.
!['Distressing': Car dealer closures 'likely' as sales fall for fifth straight month](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Distressing': Car dealer closures 'likely' as sales fall for fifth straight month
'Even more daunting than the peak of the Global Financial Crisis.'
![How electric car batteries might aid the grid (and win over drivers)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How electric car batteries might aid the grid (and win over drivers)
New York Times: New technology could turn those pricey devices into an asset.
![Insurance rates skyrocket for NZ's most stolen car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Insurance rates skyrocket for NZ's most stolen car
Some insurance companies refuse to cover Toyota Aquas unless they have an immobiliser.
![Road user charges: 12,000 renegade EV owners now face fines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Road user charges: 12,000 renegade EV owners now face fines
About 11 per cent of EV owners failed to pay up by the May 31 deadline.
![Watch: 'Totally senseless' - Mayor says police outgunned during violent boy racer event](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: 'Totally senseless' - Mayor says police outgunned during violent boy racer event
Six cars were impounded and two people were arrested.