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Govt may review subsidies after latest Telecom outage

Up to $50m of yearly government subsidies to Telecom could be up for review if this morning's 111 outage is found to amount to a substandard service.

Pair brain-damaged in Lion Rock fall had been drinking

Two men who suffered brain injuries after falling 60m from Lion Rock had been drinking alcohol, police say.

St John launch inquiry over 111 response to dying man

St John Ambulance launch an internal investigation into why it took staff 22 minutes to reach a dying man in Taupo.

Winds fan fire in pine forest

A major fire near Dunedin is continuing its destructive path through a large forestry plantation.

Airport smoke alarm

XT breakdown hits emergency calls

Man dies after street racing accident

Officer investigated over festival beer funnel

Police roster changes cutting crime

Police resources could be targeted to the rowdier days of the week in the extension of a trial that has had a big impact on crime.

Firefighters in North dampen down 100ha blaze

Girl in jump scare

Hospital sends woman home with broken back

A woman discharged from North Shore Hospital discovered nine days later that she had a broken back.

Gas leak sparks emergency

Keep your eye on ball, crowd warned

Brendon McCullum is concerned for a woman hit by one of his shots last week.

'My KFC days are finished'

Negotiators talk man down from crane