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Husband loses fight to save his soul mate
A businessman has told of his desperate attempts to save his badly injured wife after she drove off the road in bad weather.
Public servants roasted over spending
The organisation behind the biggest-spending public servant says his $100 lunches were necessary.
Public servants told to cut spending
Public servants have been told to cut back on expenses after some $875,000 was spent by chief executives between July 2008 and June 2010.
Two in custody after AOS raid
A man, believed to be wanted 32-year-old fugitive Daniel Vae, is one of two in custody after an armed police callout in the Auckland suburb of Glenfield today.
Two dead after Desert Road crash
Cold, icy conditions may have been a factor in a crash between a car and a truck between Waiouru and Rangipo this morning, which killed two men.
Fugitive still on run after raid
Police ordered a family from their Auckland home before breaking windows and firing tear gas inside in an effort to catch a P-addict fugitive - who remains at large.
One dead, four injured in Auckland crash
A driver racing the wrong way down a major motorway last night smashed into six cars, leaving survivors who couldn't believe they were alive.
Mobile found in crash driver's hand
A woman found slumped in the driver's seat after a crash which left eight people needing hospital treatment had a cellphone in her hand.
More police at weekends 'making dent' in murder rate
Increases in police staff and the number of officers on the streets over weekends are being credited with reducing crime in Counties-Manukau.
Police fired at man 'a number of times'
A formal police investigation is underway to determine if a man gunned down by police last night fired the first shot.