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Man shot dead neighbours at close range
A West Coast man is on trial for murdering his elderly neighbour and the man's intellectually handicapped grandson.
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Book Review: <i>Hokitika Town</i>
Charlotte Randall is an award-winning New Zealand author whose novels reflect someone utterly in love with the potential of language.
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Racing: NZRB kicks in to raise money for West Coast
The New Zealand Racing Board will donate to the West Coast community 5c for every off-course tote ticket bought on the seven race meetings being held in the region in the coming weeks.
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Pike River Coronial Inquest date set
The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.
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Gas rises cause Pike River evacuation
Pike River Mine was evacuated this morning when gas levels rose sharply...
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Pike police: Mine not receivers' yet
The Pike River mine will not be handed over to receivers while the operation to recover the bodies of the 29 workers continues, police say.
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Christmas at Pike River for families
Families of the 29 miners who died at Pike River Coal mine have been given a chance to spend Christmas near the bodies of their loved ones after police offered to take them to the mine on December 25.