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Snow traps Napier-Taupo motorists, hits farmers
Motorists who spent a freezing night in their snow-trapped cars on the Napier-Taupo Highway are rescued.
NZ public, politicians pitch in to help
Members of Parliament are working alongside members of the public as a huge international relief effort gets under way in Samoa and Tonga.
4 Aussies in Indonesia missing
Authorities have made contact with three Australians who had been unaccounted for in the earthquake-ravaged Indonesian city of Padang, but concerns remain for four others who still have not been in touch with officials.
Surviving the homecoming
When I heard John Glennie's "Gidday Blossom" on the phone this week, I knew nothing had changed.
Woman trapped in crashed plane
Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.
Family farewells born adventurer
The 18-year-old killed when he fell through an ice shelf loved the outdoors and planned to be an environmental engineer.
Climber lost on Mt Rolleston named
An Auckland student missing after falling through an ice shelf on a South Island mountain is named.
Search for skier called off
The search for teh missing 19-year-old skier in the Southern Alps has been called off.
Max unbroken after 90m cliff fall
When 5-year-old Max Christie slipped out of sight 90 metres down a rocky Whakapapa cliff his parents feared they wouldn't find him alive.
Second big fall on slopes of Mt Ruapehu
Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.
Climber survives 60m mountain fall
An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.
Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare
Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.
Australian minister rescued alive
Missing Victorian politician found alive after mountain rescue operation.