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QueenstownMay 23

Charged after three crashes

A 20-year-old Wanaka driver who crashed three times on Saturday night before being stopped by a lamppost was three times over the legal breath-alcohol limit, Wanaka police said yesterday.

QueenstownMay 16

Kawarau Jet fined $35,000; regrets causing unnecessary danger

Kawarau Jet says it regrets the incident which led to it yesterday being fined $35,000 in the Queenstown District Court and receiving criticism from Maritime New Zealand (MNZ).

QueenstownMay 16

Coroner's inquest in UK

A UK coroner's inquest into the riverboarding death of English traveller Emily Jordan (21) began yesterday, three years after she drowned on the Kawarau River in April 2008.

QueenstownMay 9

Crashed chopper to be checked in Christchurch

The wreck of the helicopter involved in last Wednesday's fatal accident near Bow Peak in the Mt Aspiring National Park has been transported from Wanaka to Christchurch for secure storage.

DunedinMay 2

Ammonia leak at factory

A 25-year-old man was taken to Dunedin Hospital with minor injuries after an ammonia leak at a pet food factory in Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, yesterday.

DunedinApril 29

Fatality feared as skateboarders push limits

Skateboarders are speeding down some of Dunedin's steeper streets at more than 50kmh and the craze is going to end with someone getting killed - and not necessarily a skateboarder, say concerned authorities and residents.

DunedinApril 19

'I've traded one of my eyes for my life'

QueenstownApril 18

Man admits dangerous driving causing death

Brent Andrew Gordon, of Cromwell, admitted dangerous driving causing the death of Joanne Steel (40), of Invercargill, when he appeared before Judge Dominic Flatley in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.

QueenstownApril 18

Teen 'left his friend for dead'

A Queenstown teenager who fled, leaving his friend for dead, after a jet-skiing accident on Christmas Day will have to deal with the consequences of his actions for a very long time, Judge Dominic Flatley said.

QueenstownApril 12

Rider's tumble costly for pilot

A Queenstown helicopter pilot must pay $6000 emotional harm reparation for his role in causing a woman to be thrown from her horse.

NationalApril 4

Man found dead in drifting boat named

A dead fisherman and his seriously injured crewmate may have drifted for nine hours on their damaged boat before being found in Doubtful Sound yesterday morning.

Central OtagoFebruary 15

Cromwell woman dies after ladder fall

Police released the name of a woman yesterday who died from her injuries after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree at her Cromwell home.

DunedinFebruary 2

Motorcyclist injured in collision

A man was taken to Dunedin Hospital last night with serious injuries after his motorcycle collided with a trailer near Haast, a St John spokesman said.

DunedinJanuary 26

Woman blinded by sun before crash

A 77-year-old woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital by ambulance with minor injuries after the car she was driving crashed through the fence of this Craig Hendry St, Concord, property about 6.45am yesterday.

North OtagoJanuary 24

UK tourist hurt in hang-glider crash

A 40-year-old tourist, from the United Kingdom, has undergone surgery after he was seriously injured in a hang-glider crash near Omarama.

SouthlandJanuary 24

Dead tramper named

Te Anau police have named the lone Australian tramper believed to have fallen to his death while walking in Fiordland National Park.

QueenstownJanuary 20

'Careful hunter' knew risks: wife

Jan Maxwell always thought her husband, Ewan, would be all right out hunting because he was careful and well prepared.

NewsJanuary 10

Man in hospital after being thrown from van

A 46-year old Bluff man was in a "comfortable and satisfactory condition" in Invercargill Hospital yesterday after he had been thrown from a van, in which he was a passenger, when it left the road near Te Anau Downs, about 4.30pm on Sunday.

QueenstownJanuary 7

Crown Range comeback - from paralysed to pedalling

A former Queenstown man who was paralysed from a paragliding accident, smiled in triumph yesterday afternoon as he pedalled past the scene of the horrific crash which happened 14 years ago on the Crown Range.

NationalJanuary 7

Driver run over by own bus

A bus driver was critically injured when he was run over by his own bus outside Waikato Hospital this morning.

DunedinJanuary 7

Few drunken incidents reported

Police are generally pleased about the low number of alcohol-related incidents in Otago over the Christmas holiday period.

NationalJanuary 6

Hopes fade for 17 missing fishermen

Hope was fading last night for 17 missing fishermen after their South Korean trawler In Sung sank in the Southern Ocean, claiming at least five lives.

NationalDecember 28

Police warn drivers of wet threat

A large number of drivers lost control in the wet weather yesterday, prompting a fresh call from police for people to drive to the conditions.

NationalDecember 28

Cyclist in serious condition after accident

A 14-year-old cyclist is in a serious but stable condition in Wellington Hospital after he was hit by a vehicle in Lower Hutt yesterday while not wearing a helmet.

NationalDecember 21

Two in serious condition after Bay of Plenty crash

Two people are in a serious condition following a head-on collision in the Bay of Plenty.

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