Holiday miracle after horror train smash
Hero dad David Maindonald fought through agonising pain to summon help for his partner and two young children after their family car collided with a train at a level crossing yesterday....
Call for more barriers at rail crossings
The outfit responsible for managing New Zealand's rail tracks wants every level crossing in the country to have barrier arms......
Go for facial recognition system
Police are installing facial recognition technology to help match mugshots of suspects with criminals on their 800,000-photo database....
$10m found for cervical cancer jabs
The government is planning to pay for free mass vaccinations to protect young girls against cervical cancer a programme that will cost up to $10 million a year to run....
NZ women wait longer for abortions
Calls are mounting for a change to abortion laws after it was revealed that New Zealand's highest paid abortion certifying consultant earns more than $220,000 a year....
Four injured in collision with train
A smash between a car and a train which left four people injured in Taranaki today has prompted rail network operator Ontrack to warn drivers to take great care at level crossings....
Tyre house rolling on
A Ngaruawahia house built of tyres, bottles and other recyclables is attracting worldwide interest. Bruce Holloway updates progress on a remarkable project....
Princess Di's hair pulled from TradeMe
It could have been a right royal snip at $300 but a lock of Princess Diana's hair has been removed from TradeMe for breaching the auction website's ban on body parts....
Obama under fire in New Hampshire race
Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health care proposals, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could reshape tight nominating races in New Hampshire....
ACC buys new ear for mauled burglar
ACC has agreed to pay for a serial burglar to have a new left ear constructed in a rare and complex series of operations after his was bitten off by a police dog....
Parents in murder case battle CYF
The parents of a dead baby at the centre of a murder investigation are trying to get their other child back from Child Youth and Family....
Kufuor to go to Kenya to ease crisis
Ghanaian President John Kufuor is to visit Kenya in an attempt to break the country's political deadlock and end its explosion of ethnic violence......
New Telecom boss impresses the critics
Telecom's new chief executive Paul Reynolds has been in the job less than three months but has quickly made himself at home, impressing industry peers with promises to invest heavily in high-speed infrastructure....
Cash-starved Kiwis easy rebel targets
New Zealand looms large as the new theatre of operations for the warring Indian cricket factions after confirmation arrived yesterday that Shane Bond had signed with the breakaway rebel league for a rumoured $800,000 over three years....
Watson lawyers to petition Gov.General
It has been revealed lawyers for convicted double-murderer Scott Watson are preparing to petition the Governor General......
Bell chimes before Bangladesh regroup
Recalled test opener Matthew Bell ended one embarrassing sequence for New Zealand cricket yesterday as Bangladesh also revealed a defiant streak to suggest their own statistical woes could yet be modified on University Oval....
NZ wine for Kazakhstan
It's a long way from the Wairarapa to Kazakhstan but a tiny Martinborough winery is toasting its first order in the republic......
Bangladesh fight back on day two
Bangladesh have reached stumps on the second day of the first cricket test at 148 without loss as New Zealand's plans for a quick kill on University Oval were thwarted by Tamim Iqbal and Zunaed Siddique....