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Telecom given 111 directive

The human cost of arson

Bomb sat in underwear drawer

A bomb that forced the evacuation of more than 100 people from their homes sat in its owner's underwear drawer for three years before he decided to get rid of it.

Students have good reason to cut class

Ruptured gas main stops transport

Rakaia Bridge down to one lane after crash

Crashes resume as holiday ends

Barely a day after the end of a Queen's Birthday weekend with the lowest road toll in 54 years, two people - one a 3-year-old boy - died in separate crashes.

Separate road incidents claim two lives

A child has been killed in a bus crash near the Northland town of Kaeo and another person has died after a crash in Canterbury late today.

Man sets himself ablaze by Brisbane courts

Car hits boy on busy city road

Telecom apologises for 111 fault

111 service off-line

Seatbelts may have saved students in mini-van crash

A school mini-van driver remains in hospital after being injured in an accident on a wet road in the Waikato today.

Flood waters recede but snow on horizon

Flood waters in Canterbury and Otago have begun to recede as heavy rain eases, but there's no respite with snow forecast for tonight.

AOS call out in South Auckland

Accidents, flooding and slips close roads

<i>Unsung Heroes:</i> Hard graft working away on the sidelines

Rain exposes ammo dump