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A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.
'Mad' Mike Hughes crash-landed his steam-powered projectile shortly after take-off.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link, although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small, its director general has said.
Cases with no clear link include those with no travel history to China or contact with a confirmed case, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing.
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Read more: Concern over growing number of cases unconnected to Wuhan
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A Māori law expert says halving the benefit of a parent with an outstanding warrant is unfairly punishing children, and "morally outrageous".
New figures released to RNZ show 437 sanctions were applied against people with children in 2018, with over 80 percent of those sanctions applied against Māori.
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Read more: Most benefit sanctions applied to Māori, figures show
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OPINION: The US army has a sacred rule: leave no man, or woman, behind.
The principle of taking care of each other - no matter the cost - is deeply embedded in the military.
Jawed Yousufi was left behind.
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Read more: Government's 'terrible betrayal' of stranded Afghan interpreter
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A biplane nosedived into a Napier runway after being caught on a gust of wind.
Emergency services were called to a plane crash at Hawke's Bay Airport on midday Sunday.
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Read more: Viewers surprised as vintage plane crashes on grass runway at Hawke's Bay Airport
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An Irish drug dealer who earned millions of euros in cryptocurrency has lost his fortune after the access codes to his riches were destroyed.
Clifton Collins' 12 Bitcoin accounts had a total of €53.6 million (NZ$91.5 million) inside them, but his money may never be accessed because of the missing codes.
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The ACT Party has slammed the Government's proposed vaping crackdown as "the most damaging public health policy in a generation".
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The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners is calling on Police Minister Stuart Nash to front up and explain, after releasing new figures showing that since 2011, Police employees have been caught 244 times for unauthorised use of confidential and sensitive Policing databases.
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