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Aussie air force plane freaks out South Island local
'What in the actual world just happened?'
'What in the actual world just happened?'
The crash happened at about 7.30am and involved two vehicles.
One of the first people at the scene of the triple fatal crash describes the scene.
Cyclist couple met with kindness in India and Vietnam - but sworn at in the South Island.
It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.
"Monster" 25 kg trout said to have been caught in South Island hydro canal.
Mackenzie Council has trespassed the man living at the hut with his dog and horse.
The three men went to work yesterday to make a difference in conservation.
"Unfortunately it seems like people have to die before anything gets done."
Stormy weather for much of central New Zealand and South Island.
A rejected ring, a spa/boat combo and a spinning spaceship were among the top 10.
The search will continue today for a 66-year-old Canterbury man missing at Lake Benmore.
A family of 17 are trapped overnight because of an avalanche.
Police divers have found the body of David Allan Fountain in a canal near Twizel.
The car of a missing 42-year-old man has been found in a canal in the Canterbury region.
A helicopter has been sent to the scene in the Ohau Ski Field.
Nobody appears to have been injured in a one-car crash near Twizel this afternoon.
A Twizel woman who lost control of a vehicle leading to the death of her husband and injuries to her daughter has been discharged without conviction.
Two people are dead and five others have been injured in a two-car smash near Twizel in the South Island tonight.
This crash involved a single vehicle that lost control and rolled several times on State Highway 8 in Tekapo at about 4:30pm.
A Twizel chef who died after crashing her car into a tree may have been distracted while eating pizza, the coroner says.
Out-of-control athletes and supporters forced a bar to close and police to shut down a party of 200 after the NZ Rowing Championships in Twizel at the weekend.
Enthusiasm tinged with a note of caution greeted the announcement yesterday of the "Mackenzie Agreement", aimed at bringing opponents together over future development of the high country region.