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Boy, 6, killed as 'inferno' guts house

A 6-year-old boy was killed when fire ripped through a Whanganui house last night.

Almost half of emergency calls are fake

Nearly a million 111 calls last year were from people bumping the phone, kids playing or prank calls.

Three die on notorious road

Three teenagers were killed and two others left fighting for their lives after their small car collided with a bus yesterday on a notorious stretch of State Highway One.

One silly moment ... then tragedy

Agnes was perched on the boot of a car with a mate when her best friend started the engine. For whatever reason, the pair didn't get off.

Driver critical after city crash

Airman's worry was fate of mates

Ready for any emergency

Orewa College pleads guilty over fatal blast

The Orewa College board of trustees pleads guilty to charges laid against the school after a fatal boiler-room blast last June.

'Serious accident' near Palmerston North

Police name motorcyclist killed in collision

Police have named the motorcyclist who died when his bike collided with a patrol car which was doing a U-turn at the time.

Body found near Ureweras

Police are investigating after a body was found near Te Urewera National Park.

Armed standoff ends peacefully

Inner city apartment building evacuated after fire

Speeding fine for firefighters

Inquiry into fatal house fire continues

Cordon lifted after bomb hoax clears building

Police have lifted a cordon set after a bomb threat was made against a central Auckland bank today.

Get out and stay out - fire figures reveal risks

More than half of the people injured in house fires went back into their burning home to fight the blaze or grab possessions.

Biker shrugs off freak accident with smile

A freak accident that left a bike brake lever embedded in a mountainbiker's hand had hospital staff running - for their cameras.