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!['We both went under the water'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We both went under the water'
A young English tourist is being praised for trying to save a Malaysian man who is believed drowned after jumping off the Tolaga Bay wharf on the East Coast.
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Man dies after jumping off wharf
An English tourist jumped in the water to try and save a man who jumped off the wharf at Tolaga Bay - but he was swept away by a wave.
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Mahuika was a rock for his people
There's a famous Ngati Porou saying that the tribe's lonely mountain, Hikurangi, does not move anywhere.
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Festival changes likely after NY riot
Rhythm and Vines music festival organisers say they expect changes for the better after this summer's mayhem at BW campgrounds on New Year's Eve.
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Scientists hope seabed drill will unlock quake secrets
Scientists hope a proposal to drill the seabed off New Zealand's east coast will unlock the secrets behind earthquakes, such as one which wreaked havoc in Japan six years ago.
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Eighteen charged over New Year 'riot'
Eighteen of the young men arrested in Gisborne after mayhem at the beachside BW campground on New Year's Eve will face court action.
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Cops out to catch riot ringleaders
The technology thought to have been used to instigate Gisborne's New Year's Eve riot is now being turned against the ringleaders.
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Pool tragedy victim named
Ben Sargent has been remembered as a fun-loving, sporting, and well-loved youngster with his whole life ahead of him.
![Young man dies trying to jump from light pole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Young man dies trying to jump from light pole
A young man who died trying to jump from a light pole into a Gisborne swimming pool had spent the afternoon playing football and enjoying a few drinks with friends.
![Pool jump goes fatally wrong](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pool jump goes fatally wrong
A 20 year-old man is dead after he tried jumping from a light pole into a swimming pool last night.
![Further charges likely after Gisborne pile-up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Further charges likely after Gisborne pile-up
A young Auckland man is facing charges after he allegedly drove through a stop sign and hit a police car, causing a pile-up that wrote off three vehicles in Gisborne.
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22 sheep packed in van 'like sardines'
Two youths have been charged after police found 22 sheep crammed in a van in Gisborne this morning.
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Gisborne's name 'pseudo-official'
Gisborne was never officially named Gisborne, the New Zealand Geographic Board has revealed.
![Body of missing copter pilot found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Body of missing copter pilot found
Damian Webster was flying from Karamea on the West Coast to Nelson, when his Robinson 44 helicopter disappeared on Tuesday.
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Missing helicopter search continues
The search for a missing helicopter has entered its fourth day.
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Missing chopper pilot's family 'going through hell'
The family of a pilot who has been missing since his helicopter disappeared near Nelson two days ago are going through hell, his uncle says.
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Search resumed for missing helicopter near Nelson
The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume this morning but bad weather has delayed search teams.
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Helicopter vanishes near Nelson ranges
The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume tomorrow.
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Warehouse worker stuck at cold desk
An administrator at Bunnings Warehouse who sat through the winter months at a desk in a warehouse that got down to 6C has been awarded compensation.
![Three injured in baseball bat attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Three injured in baseball bat attack
Police are trying to trace the movements of a car believed to be linked to a serious baseball bat assault that put three Gisborne people in hospital with serious injuries.