The warden was working in Kingsland last Thursday when he was attacked from behind about 2.30pm. A pair of towtruck operators, who heard a commotion from the warden's radio over an open channel, rushed to his aid, as did a woman.
2. Sheep dip with a twist
Hollywood A-lister Reese Witherspoon is joining a flock of celebrities lining up to cover their faces in Kiwi sheep placenta.
Dermatologist to the stars Dr Harold Lancer offers facial treatments and creams from his Beverly Hills, California, practice that contain placenta from New Zealand livestock.
The doctor's followers include Victoria Beckham, talkshow host Ellen DeGenres and actor Michelle Williams.
According to the Daily Mail, Dr Lancer said it was important the placenta was sourced from New Zealand as " they have no impurities in their system whatsoever".
The Hawkes Bay company that sources and exports the placenta, Agri-lab, has been around since 1999. It supplies specialised tissues, placenta, offal, organs and glands - dissected and prepared to order for pharmaceutical companies.
3. Coroner: Peaches Geldof death due to heroin
Peaches Geldof's baby son was left alone with her body for up to 15 hours after she died of a heroin overdose in a room littered with syringes and 'importation quality' drugs, an inquest into her death heard today.
The 25-year-old's youngest son Phaedra, who was just 11 months old, was in the family home in Wrotham, Kent, when his mother's body was discovered, some 17 hours after she last made contact with anyone.
The inquest into Ms Geldof's death heard how the journalist and model had spoken to a friend at 7.45pm on Sunday, April 6 - the last person she ever spoke to.
4. Taiwan: 47 dead as plane crashes in stormy weather
A relative of a passenger on the Taiwan domestic TransAsia Airways flight GE222. Photo / AP
A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island overnight, killing 47 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.
Another 11 people were injured when the ATR-72 operated by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways crashed on Penghu, an island in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China, Transport Minister Yeh Kuang-shih was quoted as saying by the government's Central News Agency. The plane was arriving from Kaohsiung, a city in southern Taiwan.
The twin-engine turboprop plane crashed while making a second landing attempt with a total of 58 passengers and crew members aboard, according to Yeh.
President Ma Ying-jeou called it "a very sad day in the history of Taiwanese aviation" and ordered authorities to quickly clarify the details, said a spokesman for his office, Ma Wei-kuo, the news agency reported.
5. Chief doctor fighting Ebola contracts virus
The "national hero" chief doctor leading the fight against the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Sierra Leone has himself been infected with the disease, the president's office has announced.
Sheik Umar Khan, a 39-year-old virologist who is personally credited with treating more than 100 Ebola victims, has now been admitted to a treatment ward at the heart of the outbreak in Kailahun.
According to the latest data from the World Health Organisation, the virus has killed more than 600 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - including 19 new deaths in just the four days prior to Saturday's report.
There is no vaccination, specific treatment or cure for Ebola, which has in the past killed up to 90 per cent of those infected. The mortality rate of the present outbreak currently stands at around 60 per cent.
In the statement from the president's office, the Health Minister Miatta Kargbo said she was in tears when she heard the news about Dr Khan.
- nzherald, NZ Herald, Daily Mail, AP, UK Independent