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Young Kiwi killed in Contiki crash named

A 23-year-old Takapuna woman has been identified as the Kiwi who died when a Contiki minivan crashed off a cliff in South Lombok.

19yo dies at Kawarau River

Police have confirmed a 19-year-old man has died while swimming in Kawarau River on Saturday.

Dead climbers' beacon activated a year after deaths

An emergency beacon has mysteriously gone off a year after search teams recovered the bodies of its owners from Aoraki/Mt Cook.

Three people hurt in Dairy Flat crash

Police are at a serious car crash on Dairy Flat Highway where three people have been hurt.

Two children hurt in school bus crash

Two children suffered minor injuries after the school bus they were on collided with a van on State Highway One north of Auckland.

Woman spiked by fence post outside bar

A woman was impaled on a fence post outside an Eden Terrace bar on Wednesday night. She was impaled by the leg near Galbraith's Alehouse

Horror day on roads: 10 hurt in crashes

At least 10 people have been hurt, one critically and three seriously, after five serious crashes on Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads today.

Car in Waipawa River in Hawke's Bay

A car has gone into the Waipawa River in central Hawke's Bay.

Motorcyclist and van crash in Whangarei

A motorcyclist has collided with a van in the suburb of Otangarei in Whangarei.

Skipper was 'accident waiting to happen'

A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.

Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters to be demolished

Central Hawke's Bay College is on lockdown due to the threat of toxic smoke from a fire at the derelict Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters.

Kaipara survivor: 'How many are alive?'

Naked, with two lifejackets pinned under each arm, Iripa Iripa crawled up Muriwai Beach.

'Too big for the lifejackets'

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Police search for Francie debris

Police have suspended the search for the man still missing from yesterday's Kaipara Harbour tragedy until 5.30am tomorrow, because

Kaipara search for final victim

The search for the last victim of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy is under way this morning.

Birthday party swapped for mourning

Tongan cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a and Sunia "Junior" Ungo'unga died in the charter boat tragedy.

Sixth death after thunderstorm asthma

A sixth person has died almost a week after Melbourne was hit by an unprecedented thunderstorm asthma outbreak.

7yo stable after head stuck in gate

A seven-year-old boy whose head got stuck in an electric gate near Auckland's Botanic Gardens yesterday is in a stable condition in intensive care.