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Rats chew through wiring in vehicles
Plaugues of rats are chewing and gnawing their way around rural Tararua, chomping on wiring in vehicles.
Angle-grinder embedded in man's chest
A man has been flown to Wellington Hospital after he walked into a Dannevirke medical centre with an angle grinder embedded in his chest.
Fatal fire in small town
One person has died in a house fire in Pongaroa, south of Dannevirke overnight. Fire services found it well alight on arrival.
'We've lost everything'
A Dannevirke family have been left with nothing after a suspicious fire destroyed their rural home on Saturday night.
$14m Big Wednesday win seals town's lucky status
Dannevirke's reputation as one of New Zealand's luckiest Lotto towns has been cemented by a $14.1 million Big Wednesday win.
Soldier injured after fall near Dannevirke
A 25-year-old soldier was injured after falling 5 metres into a dry riverbed near Dannevirke.
Divers criticised for 'sheer stupidity'
Three divers needed rescuing after drifting out to sea on an inflatable boat without lifejackets, a radio, cellphones or an anchor.
Hunter winched to safety by rescue helicopter
A hunter was winched out of a steep ravine by a rescue helicopter after being stranded for a night in bush on the East Coast.
Oil companies reassure East Coast communities on 'fracking'
Canadian oil company Apache has been talking up the prospects for onshore oil finds on the North Island's East Coast and is trying to play concerns about fracking and the local environment.
Man's pains 'from uterus op'
A Dannevirke man has been told by a local health board his stomach pain may have been caused by a hysterectomy - the surgical removal of a woman's uterus.