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Police name man who died in Awakino crash

Police have named the man who died in a car crash on State Highway 3 north of New Plymouth yesterday.

Wings grounded by wild, wild wet

Plane buffs are devastated after bad weather forced the cancellation of Wings Over Wairarapa, but none more so than the organisers.

One dead in crash after mini-van rolls

One person has died, and a number of others are injured, after a mini-van rolled south of Spring Creek in the Marlborough District this afternoon.

SH3 reopens after Awakino crash death

One person died while another was airlifted to hospital after a two-car crash on State Highway 3, Awakino.

Fire evacuees given access to homes

Fire cordons in Port Hills are being lifted, to give people a few hours' access to their homes.

Three dead in horror farm incident

Three people have died in a horror incident on a New South Wales farm which police have described as a "tragic set of devastating occurrences".

Three bodies found in water tank

Three people have died in a water tank on a New South Wales farm in Australia.

Massive slip blocks Northland road

A landslide has taken out power lines and blocked a 50-metre section of road north of Dargaville. Emergency services and council

Landslip blocks road in Northland

A large slip has blocked a road in Northland.

'I kept alive eating bugs and plants'

EXCLUSIVE: Shelley Crooks has broken her silence on her miracle, six-week survival in the rugged West Coast bush.

Girl hit by truck transferred to Starship

A young girl hit by a truck in Palmerston North yesterday morning has been transferred to Starship Hospital.

'Willpower to live' saves trapped man

A man was up to his nose in water after his excavator rolled into a dam and trapped him there for two hours.

Woman, child unconscious after crash

An ambulance and rescue helicopter are on their way to the isolated scene.

'I sat with her so she wasn't alone'

The woman killed in a head-on collision on a rural Auckland road was found by her best friend, who sat with her for hours until her body could be removed.

Power restored to hundreds of Auckland homes

Power is back on in hundreds of homes around the Auckland region after widespread outages overnight.

Staff in shock after deadly dam surge

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if it can improve safety after a woman was swept to her death by the surging waters of the Waikato River.

Dodgy escape ends with cliff rescue

A dodgy escape route chosen by two bicycle thieves ended up with one of them and a police officer being rescued from a cliff face in Wellington.

Lower Hutt teen died rescuing his mate

The teenager who drowned after he was swept into the flooded Hutt River on Thursday was trying to rescue his friend.