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Repeat drink-driver jailed over fatal crash
A recidivist drink driver was today jailed for four years for killing a Northland mother while driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit.
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Teens turning up at school wasted on new party pills
A new wave of legal party pills has hit Whangarei secondary schools, with two parents asked to take their teens home after they arrived for class high.
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Man jailed for killing toddler
A man who admitted more than 20 drug charges, and was found guilty of a toddler's manslaughter, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.
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Husband loses fight to save his soul mate
A businessman has told of his desperate attempts to save his badly injured wife after she drove off the road in bad weather.
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Kiwi drowns after release back into wild
A week after being released back into the wild, and more than two months after being knocked over by a car, North Island brown kiwi Darkstar has drowned in a culvert.
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Mother saves woman from attack
A mother-of-two is being hailed a hero after saving a woman from an attack by a hammer-wielding man who then pursued the pair and rammed her car during a violent car chase.
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Kiwi hit by truck released back into wild
Darkstar the kiwi has made a full recovery after being hit by a truck and is being released back into the wild near Nunguru.