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'We trusted our son would be safe’: Parents tell inquest into Abbey Caves teen death
Karnin 'Tino' Petera drowned in floodwater during a school caving trip in 2023.
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Balancing dreams and demands: The quiet struggle before a young student’s death
A coroner has linked work–study pressure to Bradford Webster's death.
Kawerau river tragedy: Boys killed by collapsing bank were 10 and 11
Police tried to dig the boys free with their bare hands.
Restaurant owner died after being swept from rocks while fishing
In 2025, 10 men drowned while fishing from land, up 27% on the 10-year average.
League star's father died after 'terrifying' two-day fight for survival post-cyclone
George Luke was stuck between landslips 'which went as far as the eye could see'.
'I've lost Ivy': Bereaved mum recalls floodwaters sweeping daughter away after 'no warning'
Family awoke to ankle-deep water in their home. Within 30 minutes it was at chest height.
Tramper killed by boulder tried to flee mountain's falling rocks after warning screams
The 57-year-old fell about 20m on Taranaki Maunga after being struck by a boulder.
'It was torture': Survivor describes desperate attempt to hold on to friend in deadly floodwaters
The pair were swept into floodwaters after the Esk Valley home they were in disintegrated.
Panicked teen died just hours after Facebook sextortion scam
The 18-year-old was told to pay $5000 or his intimate images would be shared publicly.
Generator fumes killed Invercargill businessman on Fiordland fishing trip - coroner
Tests showed fumes entered the cabin through a wire loom access hole.
Farmer crushed in fatal quad bike rollover, coroner finds
Coroner Heather McKenzie found an unsecured 20kg attachment caused the roll.
Mystery remains around missing bags of man found with fatal injuries on roadside
Questions remain over what happened to the bags Scott O'Sullivan left home with.
Jailed drink driver told his mum no one would listen. Hours later he was found dead
The coroner found inmates bullied, assaulted and stole from Alexander Nicholls-Braddock.
'Implausible': Coroner in notorious Beckenridge case rules out staging death, fleeing theory
New findings say it's likely the pair died when their vehicle went off a cliff in 2015.
How a mother and son's whitewater rafting trip turned to tragedy
Almost six years after Vivienne Pincott's death, coronial findings have been released.
Inquest ponders if helicopter flight could have saved this Foxton farmer’s life
The case has already triggered new burns training and trauma protocols at ED.
Father acquitted of murder says toddler and baby had 'a scuffle' before son's death
Anthony Pickering said he gave his daughter a 'whack on the bum' for making the baby cry.
Clue to woman's death found on her phone after she had died
Debra Jacobs died peacefully in her sleep in 2023 but her cause of death remains unknown.
Relative of baby who died of head injuries admits lying to police over claim father confessed
Poseidyn Reigns Hemopo-Pickering was 10 months old when he died in 2020.
Heart attack, not EV glitch, blamed in death of man found in locked car
Clyde Potter's sister wants clearer EV emergency exits and for dealers to explain them.
Deadly farm accidents: Farmers died days apart lifting vehicles with tractor forks
The son of one farmer said his father 'could have died a thousand times in other ways'.
‘We need to move faster': Calls to ban portable pools after baby drowns on Boxing Day
Associate Coroner: 'The cost of these pools has become the lives of children'.
Mother of baby who died of head injuries admits lying to police, but claims father slapped him
Poseidyn Reigns Hemopo-Pickering, of Manurewa, died in September 2020.
‘Something was wrong’: Inquest hears concerns over prison suicide risk
Staff cleared Nuku Strange to leave Invercargill Prison's watch unit a day before he died.
Baby's fatal injuries 'not consistent' with parents' story, coroner told
Doctor tells Coroner's court Poseidyn's injuries were more like being hit with bat.
Teen had one last job to make his car race-ready – that job proved fatal
Kishan Patel was crushed by his vehicle after the jack he used buckled under the weight.
'No way of knowing': Tradie killed in sunstrike crash wouldn't have seen road work signs
Tony Saunders is one of 15 people killed in sunstrike crashes in the past five years.
Teen driver killed in crash while fleeing security guards during illegal hunting trip
Coroner Ian Telford: 'Jacob’s death was preventable.'
Coroner continues to probe cyclone's night of deadly chaos
Joseph Ahuriri, who disappeared during the cyclone, was added to the coroner's list.
'They have never done it': Top doctor fears no action on child abuse after Malachi Subecz's death
Paediatrician Patrick Kelly says past governments have never delivered on training.