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![Outburst disrupts child-sex violation court appearance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Outburst disrupts child-sex violation court appearance
The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.
![Couple united by their scars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Couple united by their scars
They may not be able to exchange wedding rings, but a couple who survived a four-car smash will be united forever by matching scars.
![AA: Safer roads, cars will reduce toll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
AA: Safer roads, cars will reduce toll
Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.
![Experimental drug for ill Hawkes Bay girl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Experimental drug for ill Hawkes Bay girl
A chronically ill Hawkes Bay girl has been put on experimental drugs to stop her body rejecting transplanted organs.
![Matisse in intensive care after transplant rejection](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Matisse in intensive care after transplant rejection
Matisse Reid's celebration of her 10th birthday and Christmas Day came to a halt when she was taken back into intensive care.
![Latest abuse tragedy: Sahara, 5](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Latest abuse tragedy: Sahara, 5
This is the face of the latest New Zealand child to die as a result of alleged abuse. Five-year-old Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro was found dead in her bed in Napier early on Tuesday.
![CYF: Dead girl's mum was trying to rid her life of violence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
CYF: Dead girl's mum was trying to rid her life of violence
The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.
![Assault accused remanded in custody after 5-year-old's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Assault accused remanded in custody after 5-year-old's death
A man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court charged with assault over the death of a girl, 5, in Napier.
![A definite ring to it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
A definite ring to it
From Napier to New York, Nga Waiata's striking jewellery is making some waves.
![Ramsay's charity girl ill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ramsay's charity girl ill
9-year-old Matisse Reid - the girl who can't eat - was yesterday in a bad way in a Pittsburgh hospital.
![Five hospitalised after suspected drink spiking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Five hospitalised after suspected drink spiking
Four men and one woman were admitted to hospital overnight after a suspected mass drink spiking incident at a popular Napier bar, police say.