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Govt to fund research on music-fest drug testing
Researchers will follow a drug-testing group to see if it keeps people safe at festivals.
Researchers will follow a drug-testing group to see if it keeps people safe at festivals.
A house fire in Tokomaru Bay is now a homicide investigation after a man's body was found.
Recovery efforts have increasingly been halted by poor weather.
The dead, the missing and the injured after the Whakaari/White Island eruption.
Emergency services on the scene after vehicle and truck collide on Avonhead Rd.
Emergency services are responding to an incident in central Auckland
Two bodies remain unaccounted for after a water-only search around White Island yesterday.
Police say they were called to a house fire on Tawhiti St at 2.07am today.
"We can't thank everyone enough for the overwhelming love and support."
New Zealanders have performed significant selfless acts in 2019.
"NZ is behind you. Get well and get back to doing what you love."
"When Ruadhán was hungry I'd just scrub out and feed him, then go back in," surgeon tells.
Small mistakes from police created doubt when people needed certainty, PR expert says.
The vehicle had rolled and caused power lines to come down.
'At no time in the last two years has the risk of further eruption been greater.'
"She would always make the effort to help others and leave herself to last."
The NZ Defence Force's explosive ordnance team is being sent to the scene.
GoFundMe says it is monitoring and ensure funds reach the intended place.
GeoNet's monitoring equipment continues to function and is providing data on the volcano.
Tourists badly burned in eruption endure long, agonising boat journey back to mainland.
"All I could think was, if it can do that to metal, what can it do to human skin?"
Comment: Stuart Nash got one thing right when he was reflecting on the awful events.
Tales of courage and heroism have emerged in the aftermath of the deadly disaster.
Five confirmed dead, eight missing, 31 in hospital after White Island volcano erupts.
Adelaide woman Lisa Hosking located in a Hamilton hospital, suffering from severe burns.
COMMENT: That is the question a lot of people are asking today.
"The risks were huge and arguably would be impossible to protect against."
A man who gave first aid to the White Island victims speaks of the horror.
Editorial: Life support is not enough - ambulance services need long term solutions.