[ad_1] Police said the incident was reported to have occurred “right on the Mahia Peninsula” and that the closest road they have been given is Nukutaurua Rd. Photo / Google One person was injured in a helicopter crash in Mahia, St John said. The pilot was the only person on …
Read More »Transportation Agency employee violating learner’s license kills motorcyclist
[ad_1] Maxine Jacobs / Stuff Lance Dillon Bell died after Laura Amy Brown turned in front of her bike on State Highway 56 in August. An apprentice driver who killed a motorcyclist turning in front of him on a state highway was unable to keep his identity a secret. Judge …
Read More »Helicopter crash north of Kaikōura: Rescuer describes a horrifying scene
[ad_1] Ian Mehrtens spent his 69th birthday pulling dead and injured people from the wreckage of a helicopter crash across the road from his home in Kekerengu, and there is a picture that will stay with him forever. “The little doll … the little girl who was injured, her doll …
Read More »Synthetic drugs guilty of death of man on Auckland sidewalk, coroner rules
[ad_1] CHRIS SKELTON / THINGS Synthetic drugs have caused a series of deaths in New Zealand in recent years. (File photo) A man who died in broad daylight in Auckland’s CBD died from taking synthetic drugs, a coroner ruled. Oliver Dwayne Manukau, 41, died on a footpath on Queen St …
Read More »Ross Taylor Twenty20 rejects ‘one of our toughest decisions,’ says Black Caps coach
[ad_1] Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images Ross Taylor scored 38 and 9 against the West Indies in the Black Caps’ Test Series 2-0 victory. Leaving Ross Taylor from the Black Caps’ Twenty20 team was one of Gary Stead’s toughest decisions, but the coach isn’t concerned about the older man’s recent …
Read More »Auckland mother shocked after school staff member taped her son’s mouth
[ad_1] Google Maps / supplied A student at Colwill School in West Auckland had a plastic tag put on his mouth. A woman pulled her son out of school after claiming a staff member covered her son and other students’ mouths for speaking in class. The woman’s 7-year-old son missed …
Read More »Elizabeth Zhong murder: bankrupt businesswoman two weeks after murder
[ad_1] Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong was bankrupted by creditors two weeks after she was killed at her home. Police have yet to make an arrest or press charges in the case. Detectives continue to say little publicly beyond that their homicide investigation, dubbed Operation Attina, is moving forward. At the …
Read More »Marlborough Sounds Killer Scott Watson’s Parole Decision Says He Still Professes Innocence
[ad_1] New Zealand|Crime Dec 13, 2020, 8:20 PM4 minutes to read Ben Smart and Olivia Hope disappeared 20 years ago while celebrating the New Year at Marlborough Sounds. Their bodies have never been recovered. Marlborough Sounds double convicted murderer Scott Watson says he cannot receive psychological treatment behind bars because …
Read More »Lunchtime sightseeing trip in new helicopter ends with fatal accident
[ad_1] A pilot was taking his family on a lunchtime cruise when the helicopter he had owned for two months spun out of control and crashed, killing himself and his wife. The plane crashed onto a rocky beach at the mouth of the Kekerengu River, about 40 kilometers north of …
Read More »Crews fighting fire in Christchurch’s Port Hills
[ad_1] Emergency services contained a bush fire in Christchurch’s Port Hills this afternoon. Fire and Emergency told RNZ that the fire had been caused by sparks from a construction site. Earlier today, 16 homes in Clifton were evacuated as a precaution, but all were back home early in the evening. …
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