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Woman crushed between cars, patrol car damaged after boy racer gathering in New Plymouth
A woman was crushed between two cars, while a police car was significantly damaged after it was jumped on and had bottles and cans thrown at it in two separate incidents involving groups of Taranaki boy racers. Inspector Darin Haenga, Acting Taranaki Area Commander, says the incidents have left police feeling “extremely frustrated and concerned […]
Milestone day for Auckland: Tunnel boring machine launched at City Rail Link
Today marks a milestone for Tāmaki Makaurau with the launch of the tunnel boring machine at New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project, the $4.4 billion City Rail Link. The German-designed Chinese-built machine, named Dame Whina Cooper, is launched this morning at the project’s Mt Eden site, with final checks about to be carried out before she […]
Blind woman calls police over missing husband, 76 – police find him shot dead
A murder investigation is underway after a blind woman reported her husband missing – but he was dead in his bed. William Robert Lang Jr, 76, was reported to the police after his visually impaired wife claimed she had not spoken to him since the afternoon of the previous day. She told police that this […]