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ACC's privacy backdown

The ACC has partially backed down on a new privacy initiative adopted in the wake of the Bronwyn Pullar affair but which was criticised as costly and inconvenient for clients.

Careless driver fined for fatality

Fatal train accident near Ashburton

A woman who died when she was hit by a train today near Ashburton had been the subject of a police pursuit earlier this morning.

Jack-knifed truck blocks Auckland motorway

Girl run over by dad a 'terrible tragedy'

Pond crash dad had brain tumour

A man whose son drowned when his ute rolled into a pond on the West Coast was suffering from a terminal brain tumour he did not know about at the time, a family friend says.

Teen rowers rescued off Petone foreshore

Crash victim's battle to live

Her body battered by the 4WD which knocked her from her bicycle, Sirpa Lajunen told herself she "had to live" as paramedics scrambled her to hospital.

Search for missing vessel to resume

Search teams will be back out this morning looking for a fishing vessel which is missing off the coast of Fiordland.

Nine years of pain - five ACC apologies

ACC has been faulted for trying to limit the scope of independent assessments of an amputee's needs for help with transportation and housing modifications.

NZ dad killed in Saudi crash about to marry

The fiancee of a Kiwi killed in a car crash in Saudi Arabia says despite his rugged exterior he was "the most kind, caring, generous person".

Hillsborough: Day of infamy

The Hillsborough soccer disaster - revealed this week as a cover-up by British authorities - changed forever the lives of fans who saw it. Geoff Cumming spoke to one Auckland witness.

A grandmother's final sacrifice

Julie Ferne's final sacrifice was to protect her grandson, her family have told mourners at a service for a woman they described as loving, resilient, generous and kind.

Tauranga death remains a mystery

Rest home evacuated after gas leak in Bay of Plenty

Roundabout trumps truck