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Speed crackdown is the ticket - police
A holiday weekend crackdown on speeding may be extended across the year after a big drop in accidents, with one fatality so far.
Police charged with drink driving
Five police officers have been charged with drink-driving in the past 12 months - including a senior constable working in an Auckland serious crash unit.
Seatbelts may have saved students in mini-van crash
A school mini-van driver remains in hospital after being injured in an accident on a wet road in the Waikato today.
Flood waters recede but snow on horizon
Flood waters in Canterbury and Otago have begun to recede as heavy rain eases, but there's no respite with snow forecast for tonight.
Weather bomb alert as storm advances on NZ
Emergency and Civil Defence teams were gearing up last night for a weather beating expected to hit within hours.
Child, 4, killed after boy-racer loses control
Police have named one of two young boys killed in separate crashes within minutes of each other late yesterday afternoon.
New rules put lives in danger, say firefighters
"This policy can only ever be seen as some sort of cost-cutting measure at the expense of the public," says the Firefighters Union.
PM urges police to investigate IPCA concerns
John Key says it is critically important police address the child abuse investigation concerns raised in an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report today.
Watchdog slams police over child abuse cases
A damning report into police handling of child abuse cases shows at least one district prioritised traffic fines over abuse investigations.