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DunedinJune 23

Ice skid prompts reminder for drivers

Motorists are being reminded to drive to the conditions after a car skidded on ice and rolled in a Dunedin street yesterday morning.

NationalFebruary 10

Woman critical after four-storey fall

A woman who witnessed a teenage window cleaner plummet four storeys in Auckland this afternoon is struggling to come to terms with what she saw.

NationalFebruary 7

Person killed by passenger train

A person was hit and killed by a passenger train north of Wellington this afternoon.

NationalFebruary 1

Farm worker killed, wife injured by power line

A farm worker has died after he was electrocuted in a horrific accident on a rural property near Kaikoura.

NationalJanuary 20

Lucky escape after van goes into stream

Two people have had a narrow escape after driving their van into a swollen stream in the Bay of Plenty.

NewsDecember 30

Footpath crash-accused named

A man accused of driving a car into two girls as they walked along an Auckland footpath has lost name suppression.

NationalDecember 11

Cars on beach, in water after crashes

One car ended up in the water and another on a beach after two separate car crashes in the space of 20 minutes in Whangarei this morning.

NationalOctober 17

Woman dies after fall from cliff

A woman who fell from a Christchurch clifftop on Saturday has died from her injuries.

NationalJune 30

Teen in coma after accident

The family of a gravely ill schoolboy is at his bedside as he fights for his life after being hit by a car in Hamilton yesterday.

NationalJune 30

One dead, three injured in Auckland crash

One person is dead and three are in Auckland Hospital after a three-car pileup on Auckland's central motorway junction last night.

NationalMarch 15

Driver charged over cyclist's death

A driver who opened the door of his car, allegedly causing the death of cyclist who swerved into the path of a truck on an Auckland street is to face criminal charges.

NationalFebruary 28

Dead person reportedly hit by truck and trailer

One person is dead after reportedly being hit by a truck and trailer unit at Pakuranga, in east Auckland today.

NationalFebruary 28

Highway closed after petrol leaks from rolled tanker

State Highway 2 is likely to be closed until this afternoon after a petrol tanker rolled south of the small western Bay of Plenty town of Katikati, spilling petrol on to the road.

NationalFebruary 27

Hang glider pilot killed in crash

A 47-year-old hang glider pilot is dead after a crash in the Paekakariki Hill area north of Wellington.

NationalFebruary 27

Pilot injured in chopper crash

The pilot of a helicopter which crashed north of Levin today is in Palmerston North Hospital with head injuries.

NationalFebruary 21

Logger crushed to death

A Blenheim man is dead after being crushed by a tree in the Upper Awatere Valley last week.

DunedinFebruary 21

Otago youth killed in crash named

Police have released the name of a teenager killed when his van crashed in Heriot, west Otago, just before midnight on Saturday.

NationalFebruary 18

Charges after fatal jetski accident

Two people will face charges after a fatal jetski crash near Rotorua in January.

NationalFebruary 16

Officer denies texting at time of fatal crash

A police officer has denied he was texting when the patrol car he was driving hit and killed a 16-year-old youth in Northland in 2009.

WorldFebruary 15

Officials among 14 dead in plane crash

A small Honduran commercial airliner crashed yesterday near the capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including a senior government official and a top union leader, authorities said.

NationalFebruary 8

Tourist killed in boating accident named

Police have named the man killed when he was thrown from a powerboat which collided with a buoy in Tauranga harbour yesterday afternoon.

NationalJanuary 25

Police investigate camping electrocution

Police are investigating after a 38-year-old man was electrocuted while camping in Eastern Bay of Plenty yesterday.

QueenstownJanuary 20

Dead Queenstown hunter named

Police have named a hunter who fell to his death in rugged terrain near Fox Glacier on the West Coast.

NationalJanuary 14

Man charged following death of cyclist

A 45-year-old Marton man is to appear in Feilding District Court this month on charges related to the death of a cyclist in November.

NationalJanuary 14

Sea wall closed following falling death

The Bay of Plenty Regional council has closed a sea wall from which a woman fell to her death this month pending a police investigation.

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