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One fatality confirmed in electric bus crash

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Police have confirmed one person has died following a collision involving an electric bus in Parnell on Wednesday night. Emergency services remain at the scene...

Electric bus inferno sparks frantic rescues in Auckland crash

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Witnesses described desperate rescue efforts after a violent head-on crash between an electric bus and a car ignited a massive blaze on Tamaki Drive...

Coroner clears driver in fatal forestry crash

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A coroner has exonerated a forestry van driver previously blamed for a crash that killed four workers, finding police wrongly concluded he had used...

Person dies following boating incident off Napier

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A person has died following a boating incident off Napier on Tuesday. Police were contacted at 1.40pm after two people failed to return from a...

Heathcote Valley death referred to Coroner

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A man who was located deceased on Horotane Valley Road in Heathcote Valley on 19 September has been formally identified, and the man’s death...

Name release: Whangarei fatal crash

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Police are continuing with a critical incident investigation surrounding the events leading up to a fatal crash in Whangārei on 11 October. "We are now...

Fire in Whangārei Hospital carpark

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Emergency services are responding to a fire in the carpark at Whangārei Hospital. Fire and Emergency NZ are currently leading the response, however Police are...

Passenger plane hit by suspected ‘space debris’ in U.S.

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An unidentified object broke the windscreen of a Boeing 737 MAX 8, reportedly injuring the pilot. A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 has been...

Man dies after being hit by falling branch in Mount Victoria

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One person has died after being hit by a falling branch on Mount Victoria. At around 9:20am emergency services received reports of a man suffering...

Coroner urges vigilance around water after child’s tragic drowning at Tauranga park

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A coroner has ruled the 2023 death of a four-year-old at Tauranga’s Memorial Park as an accidental drowning, after the child, who was autistic,...

Man dies from injuries after early October Ngaruawahia crash

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A man has died following injuries sustained in a serious crash earlier this month in Ngaruawahia. Emergency services were called to the crash, between a...

One dead, two injured after boat overturns near Port Waikato

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Police have confirmed that one person has died in hospital following a water rescue near Port Waikato. Emergency services received reports of three people in...

Double fatality following Northland crash

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Northland Police can now confirm two people have died following this morning’s crash on SH1, Brynderwyn, Northland. Just after 3am Police received a report of...

Coroner blames drug impairment for Te Awamutu crash

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A coroner has found that a fatal crash near Te Awamutu, which killed five people, was caused by a young unlicensed driver who was...

Crash claims two lives in Waikato

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Two people have died following the two-vehicle crash near the intersection of State Highway 1 and Horahora Road at Piarere, Waikato, this evening. One other...

Coroner urges safety warnings at Waikato River swimming spot

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A Coroner has recommended installing warning signs at a popular Waikato River swimming area following the drowning of a young parent who was swept...

Name release: Fatal crash, Waitaki

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Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash at the intersection of Horse Range Road and Trotters Gorge...

Deaths following house fire in Rakaia

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Two people have died following a house fire in Rakaia over the weekend. Emergency services were called to the property late on Saturday night, to...

Five injured as helicopter crashes near popular California beach

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Five people were injured when a helicopter lost control and crashed into trees just steps from Huntington Beach in California on Saturday afternoon (local...

Fatal crash in Waitaki

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One person has died following a motorcycle crash north of Palmerston in Waitaki District this afternoon. Police were alerted to the crash at the intersection...

Three dead in light plane crash in Australia

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Three people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off at Shellharbour Airport, south of Wollongong, around...

Deadly explosion rocks Tennessee Munitions Plant, multiple dead and missing

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An explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems munitions plant in rural Tennessee has left several people dead and others missing, with emergency crews initially...

Coroner warns of rising dangers from unfenced temporary pools

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A coroner has warned that unfenced temporary pools pose a “grave hazard” to young children following the death of a 20-month-old who drowned after...

Bay of Plenty fatal crash near Matatā

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One person has died and four others have been injured in a crash on Thornton Road near Matatā this morning. Emergency services were notified of...

British teen freed from Dubai jail dies in London car crash three months after release

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Marcus Fakana, a 19-year-old Briton who was jailed in Dubai for having sex with a fellow tourist, has died in a car crash in...

NZ and Samoa reach compensation deal over Manawanui shipwreck

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New Zealand and Samoa have finalised a compensation agreement over the HMNZS Manawanui disaster, with details to be announced by Samoa’s government on Monday,...

Bucklands Beach fire investigation update

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An investigation continues into a fatal fire in the early hours of Thursday morning. Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua, Counties Manukau CIB, says the Police...

House Fire, Bucklands Beach

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Emergency Services are attending a house fire on Murvale Drive this morning. At around 2.30am reports were received that a property was fully ablaze. Police and...

South African ambassador found dead in France

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Nathi Mthethwa had earlier expressed his intention to end his life in a message to his wife, the Paris prosecutor’s office has said. South Africa’s...

Rescuers battle time and debris in Indonesia building collapse

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Rescue teams in Indonesia are working through narrow underground culverts, with only 60cm of access, to reach survivors of a building collapse. Authorities say efforts...

Police investigating sudden death on Mt. Egmont/Taranaki

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Police are responding to a sudden death on Mount Egmont/Taranaki. One person was reported missing in the area on 30 September at 1pm, and sadly,...

Fatal crash: SH12, Ōhaeawai, Far North

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One person has died following a single vehicle crash in Ōhaeawai last night. At about 11.15pm Police were alerted to a crash where a car...

Fatal house fire in Hastings

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One person has been located deceased following a house fire in Hastings. Emergency services were called to Tamatea Street in Mahora around 2:40pm today. The formal...

Stampede at political rally kills dozens in India

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At least 39 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a stampede at actor Vijay’s political rally in the southern state of...

Appeal for information: Oakleigh crash

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Whangārei Police are appealing to the public for information after a crash on State Highway 1 in Oakleigh yesterday evening. "Police were called to the...

Trump orders declassification of Amelia Earhart files amid new breakthroughs

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All U.S. government records on Amelia Earhart are set to be declassified after President Donald Trump announced their release, following fresh discoveries in the...

Police locate body in search for missing Māngere woman

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Counties Manukau Police have located a body in the search for a woman missing from Māngere for nearly three months. Eileen ‘Ella’ Davenport, 57, had...

Updated: Body located in search for missing Christchurch woman

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A 66-year-old woman missing in Christchurch has sadly been located deceased this evening. The woman was found by Police Search and Rescue at around 6pm...

“Deplorable”: Coroner slams government over foam furniture fire risk after teen’s death

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A Canterbury teenager’s death in a house fire has been blamed on the government’s failure to regulate flammable foam-filled furniture, with Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale...

Police updates – gang gathering in Tairawhiti, fatal crash Newbury

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 14 September 2025. No significant issues following gang-related gathering, Tairāwhiti "Police are pleased to report no significant issues in...

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