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Man killed, child in hospital after both receive electric shocks

The incident happened in Ngatira, in South Waikato.

Workplace death: 'I lost my best friend, the love of my life'

Les Laing, 28, died after being struck by heavy machinery at work.

Watercare sewer work halted after workers hit natural gas deposits

Methane, carbon monoxide found deep underground - likely due to rotting vegetation.

Unregistered electrical workers hit with fines

The pair carried out jobs they weren't authorised to do.

'Atrocious' training, regulations slammed in wake of forklift deaths

Forklift rules and training fall short, experts warn, as two boys die in two weeks.

Nursing 'crisis': Hospitals battle staff shortages, patient surge

DHB's chief nurse says "relentless" pressure partly due to high patient demand in ED.

'They're not acting like a church': Injured guard fell in Exclusive Brethren hole

Gary Martinsen says he's been traumatised by his ordeal.

Time to get tougher on childcare culprits

Ten Discoveries Educare centres are among 26 that have broken the rules repeatedly.

Audrey Young: It's life and death ... but politics comes first

Cynical safety move means minister must quit if 'safe farm' death rate doesn't fall, writes Audrey Young.

MP blames Pike River boss

Passions ran high in Parliament last night during debate on the Health and Safety Reform Bill over the Pike River disaster which killed 29 men and what caused it.

Dunne denies health and safety bill 'diluted'

The wife of a United Future candidate killed at Pike River is urging Peter Dunne to oppose the Government's "watered down" health and safety changes.

Katherine Percy: Bill puts focus on safe health practices

Employers will have greater health and safety obligations once the Health and Safety Reform Bill becomes law in the first half of 2015.

Boat tragedy survivor begs for mercy

The sole survivor of the Easy Rider fishing boat tragedy that killed eight people pleaded with a judge to be merciful during a company owner's sentencing today.

Easy Rider verdict unfair - grieving mum

'Foveaux Strait is an iffy strait'. A woman who lost four family members when the Easy Rider sank says she's distressed by the guilty verdict slapped on the skipper's widow.

Easy Rider widow held partly responsible

Survivor heard screams, court told

The sole survivor of a boat capsize in Foveaux Strait which claimed the lives of eight people heard the screams of the only child on board just after a massive wave swamped the vessel in the middle of the night, a court has heard.