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Cellphone ban won't apply to squad cars

Fatal delays - St John probes 111 answers

St John is investigating whether slow response times contributed to the deaths of three patients.

Driver thanks 'hero' students who saved him from attacker

An Auckland bus driver is reunited with a group of students who rescued him during a vicious bashing.

Teens save schoolbus driver from basher

Driver thankful for intervention by schoolchildren.

Bail for teen charged over newborn baby's death

An 18-year-old woman charged over a premature baby's death is subject to a 24 hour curfew until her next court appearance.

Firefighters injured in house blaze

Woman charged in relation to baby's death

18-year-old woman charged with concealing the dead body of a child.

Death of premature baby boy treated as suspicious

Newborn's body discovered outside a home in West Auckland on Monday night.

Divers find nothing in drain after search

The search for people who may have been trapped in an Auckland drain has been called off.

Man killed in half-way house was on bail

Ambulance admits mishandling response

Man arrested after death at halfway house

A man has appeared in the Wellington District Court in relation to a homicide in a Newtown halfway house.

Man charged with assault after half-way house death

Police have charged a resident of a half-way house with assault after a body was discovered at the property.

Two die in high-speed crash

Deaths come as Government prepares to consider extensive changes to our road rules.

One dead in car-truck crash

Police wait for driver in fatal crash to come out of coma