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Oil rig worker on cigarette break as warnings came in

Rocks injure tramper on Ngauruhoe

Funds pledged for permanent Pike River memorial

Death, injuries in Dominon Road crashes

A five car pile-up on Auckland's Dominion Road this morning was later followed by a fatal car-motorcycle crash.

Second serious Dominion Rd crash

A motorcyclist has been killed in a second crash on Dominion Rd in the central Auckland suburb of Mt Eden today, just hours after a five-car pile-up on the same stretch of road.

Driver arrested after multi-vehicle crash

A man faces a charge of driving while incapable after crashing into several parked vehicles near a busy Auckland intersection today.

Pike mine conditions still 'volatile'

Bus-4WD crash victim named

Fatal accident on Central Otago farm

One dead in bus-4WD crash north of Timaru

Lake Wakatipu kayaking victims named

Pike River staff will be cut - Whittall

Pike River Coal will have to reduce its workforce when it is ready to re-establish operations, but CEO Peter Whittall says reports of possible receivership were "extremely premature".

Diver died after hair caught in seaweed, family says

Men hospitalised after 4WD rolls

New Zealander of the Year Finalist: Tony Kokshoorn

Pike River blaze recedes

New Zealander of the Year Finalist: Emma Woods

<i>Eric Thompson:</i> No happy ending for fleeing fools

What a great incentive to stop when the police ask you, because if you don't you might die as a result of your own stupidity.