Poorly painted Ford Falcon crashes into Hawke’s Bay house, driver and passenger flee
Police call for witnesses of 'poorly painted blue Ford Falcon' with no rego plates.
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Cause of PM’s limo crash revealed in private messages and photos
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Dug down, walls now rising for $400m Mount Maunganui retirement village
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AMI reveals Hawke’s Bay's top 10 stolen car models for 2024
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Police charge man, 22, after daylight carjacking outside popular Auckland cafe
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‘Love you mum’: 501 sentenced for stealing $249k Porsche before police pursuit
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Woman allegedly steals car, crashes it on busy Christchurch road
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Watch: Tyre-slasher strikes Auckland suburb as locals fume at ‘senseless’ attacks
A loud hissing sound can be heard as the slasher runs off.
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Terrifying near-miss after car crosses centre line
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'Massive accumulation' at Kāinga Ora house
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Two-vehicle crash on SH1, Waikato
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New York City starts driver congestion charging despite opposition
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‘Our best year on the roads in a century’: Road toll falls below 300 for the first time in a decade
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Watch: People run for their lives as vehicle goes on late-night rampage
The driver rammed a number of cars and a person before fleeing the scene.
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Dad disabled car to stop son's 'illegal' driving, sparking costly repair dispute
The vehicle was damaged while later being towed and an $11k claim by the owner followed.
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Highway chokepoints this Christmas season
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France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines
Fining carmakers counterproductive and no good for EV transition, French minister says.
Businessman evades more than $1 million in tax to buy Porsche, Bentley
Luxury cars were the largesse of million-dollar tax swindle.