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The case for speed cameras

Four injured in Manawatu crash

Groom over the limit on big night

It was supposed to have been the best night of their lives. But when Aucklander Ashley Gray was caught almost three times over the drink-drive limit on his wedding night, his new bride was left fuming in the front seat.

Cycle death toll: 'No magic bullet'

Mandatory wearing of high-visibility clothing for cyclists would not reduce the death toll, an expert told a coroner today.

Brits crack down on roadhogs

Crash victim swerved to avoid dog

A man has been hospitalised with suspected spinal injuries after rolling his vehicle when swerving to avoid a dog.

Tragic loss relived for teens

Woman trapped as car hits trees

A woman was trapped when the car she was in left the road and crashed into some trees in Hamilton this morning.

Two dead in crash

Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei.

School road safety lagging in south

Smoother bus rides promised with 'black boxes'

Auckland's largest bus operator is promising passengers smoother rides from "black boxes" to monitor drivers' performance.

Sunny spell forecast as country recovers

Forecast sunshine for the upper North Island today is expected to dry up a saturated country after heavy downpours cut power to hundreds of homes and flooded buildings.

Ask Phoebe: Redoubt Rd's footpath to nowhere is not a footpath

The city council in their wisdom have just completed building a very substantial footpath outside 314 Redoubt Rd which is about 20m long and goes nowhere.

Car seat wisdom saves toddler's life

Beverley Potts feared the worst for her little grand-daughter while waiting in agony to be cut free of her wrecked car at a notorious South Auckland crossroad.

Driver hits young girls

An alleged drink driver has struck and injured two young girls while reversing from a driveway in the Bay of Plenty.

Mum dies in horror crash

Speed and alcohol are not thought to have been factors in a horror accident in which a Waikato jogger was crushed to death by an out-of-control 4WD, police say.