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Walker thought roof collapse was a quake

Police give up trying to bring out Pike bodies

The Pike River Mine will be handed back to the company's receivers, Police Commissioner Howard Broad announced yesterday.

Air chief gets blame for Polish crash

Three cut from cars in south Otago

Relief as death toll remains steady

No bodies have been found in a mass of cars washed under a Queensland town's rail bridge where authorities feared they would find several people dead.

Pike River: Recovery op abandoned

Police Commissioner Howard Broad has announced police are all but giving up hope of recovering the remains of the 29 Pike River miners.

Woman hit by train in Wellington

Crash victim 'rock' everyone turned to

The truck driver killed in a head-on collision in the Bay of Plenty this week has been described as "the rock everybody looked to".

Pike River victims' families to be told news tonight

The heads of police and the Department of Conservation will deliver news in person today to the families of the 29 dead workers in the Pike River mine.

Body of jetskier found - police

Police say they are confident a body found on a lake near Rotorua this morning is that of a missing teenage jetskier.

Woman dies after ute and train collide

Lap-belts increase risk on quad bikes, says department

<i>Editorial</i>: Boaties' choice - obey rules or be regulated

Quad bike safety recommendations dismissed

Search continues for missing jetskier while family pray

Police and Navy divers are continuing searching into the evening for the body of a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident on a lake near Rotorua, while family and friends continue to hold vigil on the shoreline.

Man who died in farming accident named

Gas levels hamper Pike River efforts again

Rising gas levels have again stopped workers trying to recover the bodies of 29 men trapped inside the Pike River Coal mine today.

Two die in Bay of Plenty crash

Two men are dead following a crash between a motorcycle and a truck just south of Tauranga this morning.