Man fails in attempt to rob service station (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Tue Dec 2 07:04:03 2008
A man has been arrested after a service station in Palmerston North was held up at knife point last night.

Man flown to hospital after ute crash (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Tue Dec 2 06:49:32 2008
A man was flown to Waikato Hospital with suspected rib fractures and other upper body injuries after a car crash on State Highway 30 near Mangakino yesterday.

Taxi driver stabbed in attack able to give police useful leads
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:00 2008
Police have made some progress in their investigation into the stabbing of an Auckland taxi driver, after they managed to talk to him at his hospital bed yesterday. Alexander Ershov, 23, was stabbed several times by a man he picked...