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Crash prompts road name review
Confusion over the location of a motorcycle accident in which a man was killed has prompted emergency services to use colloquial road names.
Black weekend on NZ roads
A teenager was clinging to life last night as six crashes in 20 hours left one person dead and 15 needing hospital treatment.
Aisling inquiry police numbers to grow
A mystery man holding a broken umbrella is on a growing list of "people of interest" to police hunting missing toddler Aisling Symes.
Woman trapped in crashed plane
Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.
Police release dead toddler's name
Police have named the Morrinsville toddler who died in hospital on Saturday night.
Tornado tears into country homes
When the Fire Service called John Weatherley and told him there was a problem at home he thought his house must have burned down.
Homicide probe into baby death
It will take several days to establish what caused the death of a 22-month-old girl taken to hospital with serious injuries, police say.
Family's rage at drink-driver
This is the 70-year-old grandmother accused of drink-driving and killing a new dad.
Church gunman sent 'alarming' emails
A man who allegedly held a gun and knife at staff of a church close to a daycare centre had previously sent two angry emails to the church.
Post-mortem exam fails to establish cause of death
Police have all but ruled out foul play over the death of a woman whose body was found at a house south of Auckland yesterday.