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Massey University instructors Russell Rickards and Paul Kearney fly a new Diamond DA40 over the Te Apiti wind farm near Palmerston North.

A woman fighting for her life in Hawke's Bay Hospital may be the first otherwise healthy New Zealander to become critically ill with swine flu.

New Zealand has recorded its first deaths linked to swine flu, with authorities reporting Saturday that three people who died in the past week had the virus.

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A WOMAN whose sexual misconduct complaint led to the resignation of a New Zealand government minister has withdrawn her charge, police said today.

In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the "Bare Essentials of Safety." The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures.

Two teenagers have pleaded guilty to bashing to death a New Zealand man at a Sydney sporting oval.

Police have named the three teenagers killed in an overnight crash in Invercargill.

Hawke's Bay's number of confirmed cases of swine flu has rocketed again and stands at 57, making the region the most affected by the virus behind the big cities.

New Zealanders have the largest international travel budgets of any Asia Pacific country, a new survey has found.

NIWA has released its national climate summary for June, confirming what you probably noticed anyway - it was cold and frosty with a lot of sunshine.

A woman admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital with swine flu a week ago remains in critical condition, while the condition of a Wellington woman has been downgraded from life-threatening to serious.

Scientists are continuing to assess the Waihi Village area near Lake Taupo after a series of earthquakes put it at risk from a major landslip.

NEW Zealand's capital Wellington is threatening to surpass Melbourne as the swine flu capital of Australasia, an infectious diseases expert says.

About 50 residents of a small village on the shores of New Zealand's Lake Taupo were preparing Tuesday to spend a second night away from home as a massive landslide threatened to sweep away their houses.

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A four-year-old girl has suffered severe facial burns after an aerosol explosion in the Bay of Plenty today.

Rain that raised river levels and caused slips on the East Coast has eased overnight, allowing people evacuated on Tuesday to return home.

Government MPs blocked a parliamentary inquiry into the interest rates banks are charging, the Labour Party said today.

A fire in Gisborne has caused "catastrophic" damage to the city's business heart, fire authorities say.