Phone use inquiry after crash death
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
The use of a cellphone is being investigated as a possible cause of a car crash that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Levin woman.

'Marvellous sendoff' for teacher
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
Slain Opotiki teacher John Rowe has been farewelled, with his daughter making a heartfelt plea for information on those responsible for bashing him to death.

Transplant out for heart patient
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:08 2008
Stephen Delaney, lying perilously ill in Auckland City Hospital with heart failure, is desperate to survive for his 8-year-old son Joseph. Mr Delaney had his first heart attack nearly three months ago and now faces death within...

Court told pair feared death in cockpit invasion
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:01 2008
Two people aboard a plane allegedly hijacked over the South Island have told how they feared they would die as a knife-wielding woman entered the cockpit and spoke of killing all on board. The captain of the 19-seater Air National...