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Fatal crashes – Erua and Taihape

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One dead following Erua crash One person has died after a three-vehicle crash on SH4, Erua, Ruapehu, late last night. Emergency services were called to the...

Search for man swept off rocks at Union Bay underway

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A search and rescue operation is underway after a man was swept off the rocks at Union Bay, Karekare, on Auckland's west coast, earlier...

Fatal crash, Te Koporu

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One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on Mahuta Gap, Te Kopuru, Northland, this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene about 7.15am. "Sadly,...

Search for missing man in Manawatū River scaled back

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The search for a missing man in the Manawatū River has moved to a limited search phase today. The decision has been made after extensive...

Seven rescued from Waikato River

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Seven people were successfully rescued from the Waikato River last night, after Police received reports of several people struggling in the water. Around 7.20pm, Police...

Five rescued from Mt Egmont/Taranaki

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Five climbers have been rescued from Mt Egmont/Taranaki following a large-scale emergency response after the group became stranded on the mountain yesterday afternoon. Emergency services...

Fatal crash, Totara Heights

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Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on Eugenia Rise, Totara Heights in Manukau on 17 February. Emergency services were called to...

Two dead, three seriously injured in SH1 crash at Redwood Pass

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Two people have died and three others have suffered serious to critical injuries following a major crash on State Highway 1 near Redwood Pass...

One dead after vehicle flips in Hillsborough crash

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One person has died following a crash in Hillsborough, Auckland, last night. Police were called around 6.30pm, to the crash where a vehicle has hit...

Fatal crash: Ruatangata West, Whangarei

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One person has died after being ejected from a vehicle, following a single-vehicle crash on Knight Road last night. Emergency services were notified of the...

Body recovered from submerged vehicle on SH39

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A man has died after his vehicle became submerged in floodwaters while travelling on State Highway 39 in the Waikato overnight. A member of public...

Search and rescue warn after surge in outdoor emergencies

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Southern Police Search and Rescue are urging anyone heading to the outdoors to be prepared after multiple search and rescue operations since the new...

U.S. warship collides with refueling vessel (Video)

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer hit a Supply-class fast combat support vessel near South America. Two US Navy vessels collided during a replenishment-at-sea operation...

Somalia passenger flight ends in sea landing after mid-air fault

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A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people was forced into an emergency water landing off Mogadishu after a technical malfunction shortly after takeoff. The Starsky Aviation...

Body recovered from Waioeka River in Bay of Plenty

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Police and teams searching for a man missing since January have located and recovered a body from the Waioeka River this morning at about...

Fatal crashes – Buckland and Rangitikei

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Fatal crash, Rangitikei One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on Santoft Road, Santoft, Rangitikei, late last night. Police were called to the scene about...

Fatal crash, Dairy Flat

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One person has died after a single-motorcycle crash on Horseshoe Bush Road, Dairy Flat, north of Auckland, early this morning. Emergency services were called to...

Investigation launched after five-year-old boy found dead in Napier water

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Police have launched an investigation following the water-related death of a five-year-old boy who went missing in Napier’s Westshore area on Thursday night. Emergency services...

Body found at Napier beach

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A body has been located at a beach in Napier. At around 8:25pm on Thursday 5 February, Police were notified that a body was seen...

Haruru man rescues family of four

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A father of four spending the day lake-side with his family and friends found himself diving headfirst into a rescue operation he never saw...

Fatal crash, Lower Moutere

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Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Lower Moutere last night. The single vehicle crash at the intersection of Waiwhero and...

Southern police warn drivers after fatal crashes ahead of Waitangi Day holiday traffic

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Southern District Police are urging all road users to slow down, stay alert and make safe choices as traffic volumes increase across the region...

TAIC launches investigation after tourist ferry runs aground in Akaroa Harbour

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The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has opened an investigation after a tourist ferry carrying passengers on a wildlife cruise grounded in Akaroa Harbour...

Mt Maunganui tragedy: Statement from the family of Susan Knowles

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The following is a statement on behalf of the family of Susan Knowles, who died in the Mt Maunganui landslide. Sue was a mother, sister,...

Mt Maunganui landslide victim: Statement from the family of Sharon Maccanico

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Sharon Maccanico has been identified as a victim of the landslide at Mt Maunganui. The following is a statement on behalf of Natallia and Carmine,...

Third victim identified in Mt maunganui campground landslide

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A third victim of last week’s fatal Mt Maunganui campground landslide has been formally identified as 50-year-old Lisa Anne Maclennan, bringing the confirmed death...

Family of Swedish victim of Mt Maunganui landslide release statement

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The following statement has been released by police on behalf of Nils and Anders, dad and uncle of Mt Maunganui landslide victim Måns Loke...

The Case for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Maunganui landslide

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A new ministerial briefing from CTV Families advocate David Lynch urges NZ Prime Minister to establish a full Royal Commission into the Mt Maunganui...

Two killed in Paekākāriki Hill helicopter crash

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Two people have died in a helicopter crash north of Wellington this morning. Police were notified to the crash in the Paekākāriki Hill area at...

Helicopter crash, Paekākāriki Hill area

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Emergency services are responding to a helicopter crash in the Paekākāriki Hill area. Police were notified at 7.30am via activation of an automated crash alert. Maritime...

Welcome Bay tragedy: Name release and family statement

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Police have confirmed the names of the two people who died during a landslide on Welcome Bay Road, Papamoa on Thursday. Ten-year-old Austen Keith Richardson...

Police did not attend call from concerned camper before landslip disaster

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Police have confirmed they did not attend Mount Maunganui’s Beachside Holiday Park after receiving a 6.18am emergency call referencing disorder and a potential landslip,...

Camper says Tauranga CC vehicle passed slips before landslide

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A camper at the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park says a Tauranga City Council vehicle drove through the campground and past multiple visible slips...

High-tech monitoring deployed at Mt Maunganui – Police

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Specialist monitoring technology has been deployed at Mount Maunganui to protect recovery teams working beneath an unstable landslip, after operations were temporarily halted due...

Name release: Mahurangi River, Warkworth

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Police have named the man who was located deceased in the Mahurangi River near Warkworth on 24 January. He was Tekanimaeu Arobati, 47, from Kiribati. "Our...

Dozens dead or missing after ferry capsizes in southern Philippines (Video)

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A passenger ferry carrying more than 350 people has sunk off the southern Philippines after capsizing during a voyage between Mindanao and Jolo island,...

Fatal stretcher fall during hospital discharge prompts safety changes

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An 83-year-old woman died after suffering a head injury when she fell from a hospital stretcher during her discharge from Whangārei Hospital, with a...

FENZ alerted Tauranga Council hours before fatal landslide

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) has confirmed it received a 111 call at 5.48am on the morning of the Mount Maunganui landslide reporting...

Recovery resumes at Mt Maunganui as WorkSafe prepares safety review

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Police have confirmed the recovery operation at the Mount Maunganui landslide has resumed this morning after specialist monitoring equipment was installed overnight and loose...

Mt Maunganui landslide: Luxon urges trust in experts

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has urged the public to place their trust in emergency and engineering experts as the recovery operation for six people...

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