Tourism company charged over drowning (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Tue Dec 2 07:37:43 2008
An adventure tourism company and its director are facing six charges over the drowning of a 21-year-old British tourist.

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.

Pair kept Mumbai ordeal from daughter
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
A Kiwi couple caught up in the Mumbai terrorist attacks did not tell their nine-year-old daughter about their ordeal despite talking to her daily by phone as they were barricaded in their hotel room.

Rohan's having a swell time
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
Autistic nine-year-old Rohan Lane-Turnbull struggles to talk but, when his parents ask if he wants to go surfing, there is no mistaking what he thinks.

Luke strikes it lucky
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
He is a 15-year-old battler and doesn't yet have a driver's licence, but Luke McDermott is the proud owner of a shiny red, new $48,000 car.

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...