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Latest National - Search and Rescue

  • Man saves friend from Dunedin hotel fire

    Man saves friend from Dunedin hotel fire

    Tue, 14th Feb - The hero who pulled his friend from a burning hotel in central Dunedin yesterday says it wasn’t a matter of thinking... Read more

  • Seatbelt may have stopped freak death - coroner

    Seatbelt may have stopped freak death - coroner

    Tue, 14th Feb - Christchurch man Geoffrey Skinner, crushed to death while reversing out of his garage, may have survived if he had worn his seatbelt, a coroner has found... Read more

  • Vigil held for drowned Huntly boy

    Vigil held for drowned Huntly boy

    Tue, 14th Feb - Family and friends of a 13-year-old who died after jumping off a bridge into the Waikato River held a vigil for the boy on Monday night... Read more


Latest National - Search and Rescue Headlines

  • Body found in Ruahine Ranges

    Body found in Ruahine Ranges

    Tue, 14th Feb - Police searching for a 22-year-old woman who went missing on Saturday have discovered a body in the Ruahine Ranges... Read more

  • Dunedin hotel damaged by fire

    Dunedin hotel damaged by fire

    Tue, 14th Feb - Two floors of a central Dunedin hotel were badly damaged following a large fire on Monday night... Read more

  • Hope for Auckland window cleaner who fell 30m

    Hope for Auckland window cleaner who fell 30m

    Sat, 11th Feb - A teenage window cleaner who plummeted 30m from a building in Auckland is being treated in hospital and getting better... Read more

  • Woman critical after Auckland hit and run

    Woman critical after Auckland hit and run

    Tue, 14th Feb - Police are hunting the driver of a car who fled after a young woman was hit and critically injured as she walked home in Auckland... Read more

  • Police name Hawke's Bay crash victim

    Police name Hawke's Bay crash victim

    Sat, 11th Feb - Police have named a 54-year-old man killed in head-on collision in northern Hawke's Bay... Read more

  • Waikato teenager missing after bridge jump

    Waikato teenager missing after bridge jump

    Sat, 11th Feb - The search for a 13-year-old boy continues in the Waikato after the boy went missing after jumping off a Huntly bridge... Read more




  • Boy killed at Motueka school named

    Boy killed at Motueka school named

    Fri, 10th Feb - A five-year-old boy killed while playing among felled trees at Motueka High School has been named... Read more

  • Army, fire crews control Rolleston blaze

    Army, fire crews control Rolleston blaze

    Fri, 10th Feb - The army has been called out to help bring a massive blaze under control at a coal yard near Christchurch... Read more

  • Police U-turn on stricter speeding rules

    Police U-turn on stricter speeding rules

    Thu, 09th Feb - Police have retreated from an idea to permanently reduce the tolerance for speeding to four kilometres an hour... Read more

  • Police threaten to reduce speeding tolerance

    Police threaten to reduce speeding tolerance

    Thu, 09th Feb - Police are threatening to permanently reduce the speed limit tolerance in an effort to reduce the road toll... Read more

  • Driver off work after Wgtn train death

    Driver off work after Wgtn train death

    Wed, 08th Feb - The driver of a train that struck and killed a man in a Wellington suburb has taken time off work and is being offered counselling... Read more

  • Auckland CBD fire likely caused by burning mattress

    Auckland CBD fire likely caused by burning mattress

    Fri, 10th Feb - Police told 3 News the blaze may have started from a mattress being lit on fire by street kids who frequent the building... Read more

  • Motueka child crushed by felled trees

    Motueka child crushed by felled trees

    Thu, 09th Feb - A five-year-old child has died at Motueka High School after being crushed by fallen trees... Read more

  • One dead in Henderson crash

    One dead in Henderson crash

    Thu, 09th Feb - A 63-year-old man is dead and another person is in hospital following a two-car collision in west Auckland... Read more

  • Man charged in bus crash that injured 16 students

    Man charged in bus crash that injured 16 students

    Wed, 08th Feb - Police have charged a 42-year-old man with Dangerous Driving Causing Injury to 16 students following a school bus crash at Ruatoki last September... Read more

  • Drunk driver fell asleep before crash - coroner

    Drunk driver fell asleep before crash - coroner

    Wed, 08th Feb - A driver three times over the legal blood alcohol limit fell asleep behind the wheel before the crash that killed him and his passenger... Read more




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