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Holidaymakers urged to 'take it easy'
Holidaymakers driving home have been urged by police to "take it easy'' on the roads and plan the return journey to ensure they get home in one piece.
Friends find drunk lying in the surf
Six friends found a 25-year-old Hawke's Bay man, soaking wet, comatose and rigid on Waimarama Beach, following New Year's Eve celebrations.
Badly burned woman dies
Neighbours say the 42-year-old was burned in her Whakatu house, 5km north of Hastings, after a day-long domestic dispute on Christmas Day.
Holiday traffic plagued by disruptions
Fatal accidents, breakdowns and huge traffic backlogs have plagued the first four days of the official Christmas road toll period.
Burns victim fights for her life
Neighbours heard screams that "somebody was on fire" before emergency services discovered a badly burned couple on Christmas Day.
Fireman pictured fighting blaze had arson conviction
A volunteer firefighter failed to mention his conviction for arson when he applied for duty with a rural fire force.
All the ways to die in NZ
TV blogger Paul Casserly looks back at 60 years of safety films warning of all the ways to die in New Zealand.
Two killed in 'horrific' crash
'Atrocious conditions' were partially to blame for a horror crash in Marlborough this afternoon, which killed two tourists.
Prankster infuriates rescuers
A hoax caller who rang 111 and said someone had drowned at Rotorua's Tikitapu (Blue Lake) put emergency services at risk as they rushed to the scene.
Crash throws man into lagoon
A 38-year-old man was killed when he was thrown into Ahuriri Lagoon in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Hawkes Bay expressway.
Woman dead after logging truck crash
Northland's grim road toll continues after a woman was killed when a logging truck, trying to avoid another vehicle, rolled and crushed the car she was a passenger in.