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Tim Brown and Sean Roach named as two dead in Mt Aspiring helicopter crash
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (467+ words) Pilot Tim Brown and guide Sean Roach have been named as the pair who died in a helicopter crash in Mt Aspiring National Park. The helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350 B3, belonged to The Alpine Group, which is owned by the Wallis family....
Driver who killed pedestrian in Hamilton collision saw GP days earlier, worried about having a seizure
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (746+ words) A man who careered straight through an intersection, fatally striking a pedestrian and crashing into multiple vehicles, had seen a doctor days before the incident, concerned he might have a seizure. The 27-year-old, who had a history of suffering seizure-type…...
Government seeks information from police on rescue helicopter deployment after complaints
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (373+ words) The government is seeking advice from police about how rescue helicopters are being deployed. RNZ has reported on Fire and Emergency lines rescue teams who do cliff rescues, who are upset they must go through police to get a chopper…...
The very unusual factor in the Nancy Guthrie missing person case
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (1816+ words) By Emily Clark and Lucia Stein, ABC It was meant to be a night like any other, spent eating and laughing in the company of family. On January 31, Nancy Guthrie visited her daughter, Annie, and played games at her house…...
Search for Nancy Guthrie, elderly mother of US television journalist, turns to new message
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (769+ words) By Evan Garcia and Steve Gorman, Reuters Investigators searching through a sixth day for the elderly mother of US television journalist Savannah Guthrie are examining a newly surfaced message in the presumed kidnapping, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department…...
Dog owner, pooch rescued from Arrowtown cliff by helicopter
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (151+ words) A person and their dog have been winched to safety by helicopter, after getting stuck on a cliff in Otago. Emergency services were called about 1pm Saturday and responded to the incident close to Thompson Hill, near Arrowtown, along the Twin…...
Guam nuclear radiation survivors 'heartbroken' after being excluded from compensation bill
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) People on Guam are "disappointed" and "heartbroken" that radiation exposure compensation is not being extended to them, the president of the Pacific Association for Radiation Survivors (PARS) says. Robert Celestial said he and others on Guam are disappointed for many…...
Scary stuff: Locals on crash corner fear it will take a death to get it fixed
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (849+ words) Locals on a busy Tauranga street fear someone will die before anything substantial is done to improve safety on a bend notorious for crashes. Three times in the past year, a car has ploughed into the retaining wall of Mike's…...
Julia De Luney accused of murdering her mother, struggled with alcohol and financial difficulties
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (617+ words) Witnesses have painted a picture of complicated relationships, financial difficulties and alcoholism, as the trial of Julia De Luney, charged with killing her mother, continues. Helen Gregory, aged 79, died at her Khandallah home in January 2024. The Crown's case is that…...
Influencer Emilie Kiser's 3-year-old son dies following a drowning incident
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (267+ words) The Chandler Police Department on Sunday confirmed that a child who had been hospitalised following a "drowning call on Ashley Drive on May 12" had died the afternoon of May 18, identifying the child. .. Navigation for News Categories Arizona police have confirmed…...