One dead in Northland crash (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Wed Dec 3 07:16:15 2008
Police say the victim of a fatal crash north of Whangarei last night was a 28-year-old man.

Mum accused of stabbing
New Zealand Herald
Wed Dec 3 06:00:00 2008
A teenage mother allegedly stabbed her 2-year-old son with a boning knife, a High Court jury was told in Hamilton on Monday. But Kim Knoll, 19, claims the boy was attacked by a masked man who forced his way into her home. Knoll...

'Little miracle' part of family at last
New Zealand Herald
Wed Dec 3 05:00:16 2008
Little Maia Friedlander has just realised she has a twin, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure that has turned her life around. The Epsom 5-year-old was born with a form of cerebral palsy which injured her brain and affected...

Man dies after parachute collapses in Chch
TVNZ
Tue Dec 2 21:48:00 2008
A 44-year-old man has died after his chute collapsed while paraponting in Christchurch on Tuesday