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'Freak accident' at hot rod show

A woman at a hot rod show at a Henderson bar was badly hurt when an unoccupied car's handbrake came undone and the vehicle rolled into her leg.

Fake mall security jailed

An Auckland man posed as a mall security guard, forcing a teenage girl into a changing room and molested her as she wept.

All Black hard-man gets rugby farewell

Rugby nobility turned out in Henderson yesterday to farewell a renowned hard-man of the sport, 1950s All Black Kevin Skinner, who died last weekend aged 86.

Truck hits rail bridge in Auckland

Mother 'shell-shocked'

The "shell-shocked'' mother of a security guard killed on the first day on the job feels betrayed by the justice system after the man accused of murdering him was acquitted today.

Guard was filling in on night of attack

A young security guard, killed on his first night on the job, was filling in for a permanent staff member who had requested the night off for his birthday, a court has heard.

Christmas Eve blaze deliberately lit

A fire that forced a family of eight to flee their west Auckland home early today was deliberately lit, police say.

Trial date set for accused killer

The man accused of killing security guard Charanpreet Dhaliwal will go to trial to defend the charge of murder.

Teen hurt in late-night hunting accident