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Blocked bedside phone and missed monitoring among failures leading to stillbirth – HDC

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A Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) investigation has found multiple failures in the antenatal care of a woman at Waitākere Hospital, whose baby was...

Search resumes for fisherman swept off rocks near Cape Reinga

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The search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Tapotupotu Bay, near Cape Reinga, will resume this morning. At about 3.20pm yesterday, emergency services...

Police investigating fatality on Matamata driveway

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One person has died after being struck by a vehicle on a driveway in Matamata this afternoon. Emergency services were called to a property on...

Teenager named as victim in fatal 4WD crash on Tokerau Beach

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Police have released the name of the teenager killed after a crash on a Far North Beach a week ago. The crash involving a 4WD...

Takapuna Grammar mourns teacher after fatal diving accident

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Takapuna Grammar School on Auckland's North Shore is grieving the death of much-loved maths teacher Kevin Hu, who died in a diving accident, understood...

Ōtāhuhu death deemed not suspicious

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Police have determined that there were no suspicious circumstances relating to the death of a woman in Ōtāhuhu on Monday. "Emergency services had been called...

Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman

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Police searching for 61-year-old Anita Hart, who was reported missing from the Upper Hutt area on 13 November, have located her deceased. "Police, along with...

Search for fisherman missing in Northland scaled back

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The search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Pataua South will scaled back, as searching moves into a new phase four days...

Delivery death underscores power line hazards – WorkSafe

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Businesses and workers must steer clear of power lines and plan work carefully, WorkSafe New Zealand says, following sentencing for a timber delivery that...

Sanson house fire: Body of third child recovered

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Police have today recovered the body of the third young victim of a fatal incident in Sanson. Late this morning, investigators, supported by a forensic...

Identities of Sanson fire victims revealed as recovery of third child continues

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The three young siblings killed in Saturday’s devastating Sanson house fire—Goldie, 1, August, 5, and Hugo, 7—have been publicly identified through a Givealittle page...

Search effort continues today for missing boatie

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Police will resume their search today for a man missing off the coast of Pataua South, after an overnight pause brought on by darkness. The...

13 injured as demolition derby car ploughs into crowd in Australia

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Thirteen people were injured, two critically, when a demolition derby car veered off the track, smashed through a fence and hit spectators during the...

Search resumes for fisherman missing off Northland coast

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Search crews are resuming the search for a man believed missing in the sea off Northland. The man was one of two people on a...

Police update on Sanson house fire incident

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Police investigators are beginning a complex scene examination following several fatalities at the scene of a house fire in Sanson. Emergency services were called to...

Four confirmed dead in Sanson house fire

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A house fire in Sanson has claimed the lives of four people — three of them children — prompting shock and grief in the...

Fatalities in Sanson house fire

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Police can confirm there have been several fatalities at the scene of a house fire in Sanson today. Emergency services were called to the property...

Body recovered as search intensifies for second missing boatie in Northland

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Police can confirm a body has been found during the search for an overdue boat in Northland, which went missing last night with two...

Search resumes for missing boat off Whangārei coast

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Authorities have relaunched an intensive search off the Whangārei coast after a 17-foot single-engine fishing boat failed to return to Pataua South on Wednesday...

One dead after 4WD rolls on Far North beach

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One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Tokerau Beach in the Far North last night. Police were notified of the crash, where a...

Demolition Disaster: Moscow ski ramp collapse injures workers and destroys over 140 cars (Video)

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A massive ski complex in Krasnogorsk, on the outskirts of Moscow, collapsed on Monday during demolition, injuring three people and wrecking more than 140...

Appeal for information following Waipa fatal crash

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Police are appealing for information from the public following a fatal crash in the Waipa District on Saturday 18 October. Emergency services were notified of...

Cyclist dies after crash in Carterton

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One person has died following a crash involving two cyclists in Carterton yesterday. Police and other emergency services responded to the crash on Kokotau Road...

Indian Supreme Court questions crash probe after pilots blamed

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Five months after the deadly crash of Flight 171 in India, which killed 260 people shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, the official investigation has...

Police updates – Twyford burglaries, Southland illegal whitebaiting, Gordonton fatal crash

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 6 November 2025. Hawke's Bay Police investigating Twyford burglaries Hawke's Bay Police are investigating a series of rural burglaries...

Moment of horror UPS cargo plane crash caught on video

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Footage suggests the aircraft was on fire even before it left the ground. Dramatic video footage has emerged online showing the moment a UPS cargo...

Father of drowned man slams Little’s video celebrating fence removal

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The father of a man who drowned in Wellington Harbour has criticised new Mayor Andrew Little for filming a social media video at the...

Medieval Torre dei Conti partially collapses in Rome (Video)

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A section of Rome’s historic Torre dei Conti, a 13th-century medieval tower near the Colosseum, partially collapsed on Monday, leaving three construction workers injured...

Missing woman found dead near Fox River

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A woman has been found deceased over the weekend after failing to return from a tramping expedition in the Tasman district. "Police were called to...

Coroner issues warning after fatal home workshop accident in Northland

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A Northland man was killed when a ride-on mower he was repairing slipped off a forklift and crushed him. The coroner found that inadequate support...

Police updates: Fatal crashes Epsom and Matamata

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 31 October 2025. Fatal Crash, Matamata One person has died after a crash in Matamata on Thursday afternoon. At around...

Man’s death prompts warning over dangerous fuel mix in kerosene fridge

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An 80-year-old man died after being severely burned when a kerosene-powered fridge exploded at his family’s Marlborough Sounds holiday home. He had been demonstrating how...

Fire rips through old ‘Fitz’ pub in Palmerston North

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Firefighters are battling a large blaze at the old Fitzherbert (a.k.a. 'The Fitz) bar in central Palmerston North, prompting warnings for residents to stay...

Child flown to Starship after medical emergency at Northland school

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A young boy from Kaikohe East School in Northland was airlifted to Auckland’s Starship Hospital in critical condition after becoming suddenly unwell late Tuesday...

Elderly woman found dead after failing to reboard Great Barrier Reef cruise

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An 80-year-old woman was found dead on Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef after failing to return to the Coral Adventurer cruise ship...

Water safety warning after multiple Auckland rescues over long weekend

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The crew aboard the Police Eagle helicopter had their work cut out for them during the long weekend, assisting with a number of water...

Fatal crash on Waiheke Island

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One person has died and another has been seriously injured following a motorbike crash on Waiheke Island. Emergency services were called to Ocean View Road,...

Fatal Crash, Morrinsville

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One person has died after a crash in Morrinsville overnight. Police were called to a single-vehicle crash on Matuku Road at around 2.45am. Sadly, one person...

Man dies in hospital following motorcycle crash

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A man has died following injuries sustained in a serious crash on 18 October in the Waipa District, Waikato. Emergency services were notified of the...

Ferry fire off Waiheke Island brought under control

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Emergency services are responding after a Waiheke Island ferry caught fire in the Hauraki Gulf near Motutapu Island this afternoon. Witness Bruce Cameron reported hearing...

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