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Aussie hospitals could turn away Kiwis
Kiwis attempting to sidestep doctor’s fees while holidaying in Australia could soon be turned away from Sydney hospitals.
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Passing cousin saves injured man from burning flat
A man was dragged from his burning council flat by his cousin, who happened to see smoke coming from the area as he went out for a takeaway.
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Rower winched to safety
A New Zealand resident has been rescued from the Pacific Ocean after the boat he was in began sinking during a 3800km rowing race.
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Kidnap accused appears in court
A man charged over a violent kidnapping and a daring escape from Auckland’s central police station will face trial.
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Elderly patients evacuated from rest home
Elderly dementia patients have been evacuated from their Canterbury rest home after it was flooded overnight in a torrential rainstorm.
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Dead man may have come from ferry
A body discovered in Wellington Harbour today could have come from an Interisland ferry, police say.
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Pair walk away from microlight crash
Two Hokitika men escaped serious injury after a microlight crashed on the Taramakau River yesterday afternoon.
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Workers watched man die
Emergency workers have described how they watched signs of life ebb away from an Auckland man trapped inside a wreckage surrounded by live power-lines.
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Man who lay dead next to trapped wife named
A pensioner who lay dead in a car next to his trapped and injured wife for 15 hours has been named as Alan Henry Skittrup, 94, of Taradale.
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Woman trapped next to dead husband
An elderly woman lay trapped and badly injured overnight next to her dead husband after their car left a driveway and rolled up to 30 metres down a steep bank.
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Family told of equipment fault by coroner
The daughter of a woman who died during an emergency callout did not know for months of problems with the equipment.
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Ambulance abuse on the rise
The 111 emergency number had been dialled - a 2-year-old boy had stopped breathing and was turning blue.
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'Sinking' car disappeared into bed of blackberry
Emergency services are responding to a report of a person involved in a car, sinking in a body of water south of Te Puke.
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Emergency for St John
The arrival of chief executive Peter Bradley has been balm to the often-troubled souls who work for St John.