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Pike River phone system prone to breaking - inquiry (+111 transcript)
A phone system that failed in the aftermath of a deadly explosion in the...

Transport woes hit All Black's mum
A proud All Black mother missed her son's team playing in the opening game of last night's Rugby World Cup because of Auckland's transport woes. All Black Kieran Reid's mum missed the opening ceremony and the first half of last night's game

Scared family trapped in SkyTower lift
The Fire Service rescued a family of seven trapped inside Auckland's SkyTower for almost an hour.

Toddler drowns while mum in toilet
A man who tried to revive a toddler drowned in a rubbish bin full of rainwater says he'll "live with it for the rest of my life". The toddler drowned while his mother was in the toilet.

Missing kina diver never made it to water - police
A missing diver ended up getting lost and spending a cold night hunkering down on a rocky hillside....

Police 'not surprised' by Taser failures
Police say the fact that its Tasers have failed a third of the time they've been fired is not surprising.

One dead, one missing on dive
A diving course came to a tragic end after two people failed to surface and a third was hospitalised.