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Man charged with kidnapping after woman dragged by car
Police have charged a 26-year-old man with kidnapping after a woman was dragged by a car along a highway on Saturday.
Updated 10 minutes ago
Govt to announce food in schools programme this week
Prime Minister John Key says the Government will announce an initiative to provide food in schools early this week.
Updated 10 minutes ago
NZ to hold to its own foreign policy path - McCully
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says relations with the United States are being strengthened, but New Zealand will continue to tread its own foreign policy path.
Man killed in head-on motorcycle crash
A head-on collision between two motorcycles on a remote rural road in North Canterbury has left one rider dead and the other seriously injured.
Updated 2 minutes ago
US bridge collapse caused by 'truck hitting girder'
Officials in the north-western American state of Washington say the collapse of a road bridge into a river was caused by a truck with an oversized load hitting a girder.
Updated 10 minutes ago
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