19:28 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission chief commissioner says it was apparent the balloon ride which killed 11 people breached safety protocols.
18:15 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A rock climber was killed when he slipped and fell 800 metres off a ridge in Homer Saddle in Fiordland National Park.
18:13 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Video and audio footage taken from what the Crown says were military-style training camps organised by the Urewera four have been played to a jury.
16:50 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A hoax email from a "contract killer" is being circulated around New Zealand asking people for $5000 to prevent them being murdered.
16:48 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
The Maritime Union announces a third week of strike action at the Ports of Auckland on the eve of the first walkout.
16:33 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Traffic is being diverted following a fatal accident involving a campervan near the Waitomo Caves.
16:12 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A pledge to put a treaty clause into legislation covering partially sold state assets has averted the Maori Party's threat to quit its support agreement.
16:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Jobs are being cut, embassies closed and a call centre will handle Kiwis in trouble overseas as MFAT makes changes that will save $25m.
15:59 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
New Zealand's diplomatic representation overseas is being gutted at a time when the country needs it more than ever, opposition parties say.
15:22 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A 5.1 earthquake has struck off the coast of Tauranga.
13:45 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A Royal Commission has heard that only luck prevented deaths on the collapsed stairwells of the Forsyth Barr building in the Christchurch earthquake.
13:19 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Finance Minister Bill English is taking the asset sales fight to the government's opponents, challenging them to explain why borrowing would be better.
12:09 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A government proposal to hand over youth employment services to private providers is being described as a dangerous ideological experiment.
12:01 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A logging truck driver accused of crashing into a school bus, injuring 35 people, also faces a drink driving charge over another crash three months later.
11:54 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A Mexican artist's exhibition in Lower Hutt has been cancelled because bubbles made from water used to clean corpses would have invited in death.
11:27 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Christopher Palenski has pleaded guilty to setting a car on fire in a Wellington pedestrian mall and threatening the Reserve Bank and Stock Exchange.
11:12 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
The prohibition notice halting production at Solid Energy's Spring Creek Mine on the West Coast has been lifted.
10:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Norwegian adventurer Jarle Andhoy is still searching for traces of the yacht Berserk, saying he can get out of Antarctic waters before it turns dangerous.
09:13 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A slip has blocked both lanes on State Highway 2 between Opoitki and Gisborne.
08:42 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A policewoman was punched unconscious and a teen faces an assault charge following a chase in west Auckland.
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