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Govt didn't look at environment when awarding oil permit
Official documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.
Parents join plea for help to find son
Jessica and Damon Ward today appealed for people to take five minutes to check all around their properties in case their "curious little boy" had got lost and taken shelter.
Police again check river for missing boy
A police dive squad is again scouring the Waimata River as the search for missing four-year-old Gisborne boy Lucas Ward enters its third day.
Police scour river, streets for missing four-year-old
The frantic mother of a Gisborne preschooler was last night clinging to the hope her boy is alive, more than 40 hours after he vanished.
Police 'increasingly concerned' about missing boy
Gisborne residents are being urged to search their properties for Lucas Ward, 4.
Missing boy, 4, known to 'wander off'
The police dive squad is searching a Gisborne river close to the home where a four-year-old boy disappeared yesterday.
Ngati Porou historian dies
Respected Ngati Porou kaumatua and historian, Dr Te Kapunga Matemoana Dewes, known as 'Koro', has died.
Family hunts through night for lost boy, 4
Lucas Ward's family 'just turned around and he wasn't there', police say. Photo / NZPA
Mass arrests after all-in gang brawl
A man was shot in the face and 24 arrests made after a violent gang brawl in the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa this morning.
Drug dealer should lose home, says Crown
A man arrested during a major police drugs operation offended from his home and should forfeit it, the Crown says.
Woman police officer attacked by drunk driver
A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.
DOC settles on Moko's resting place
The debate over Moko's final resting place has been settled with the friendly bottlenose dolphin to be buried...