Woman flees police in chase - and then escapes from station
She "made her way out of the police station" - and is still at large.
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'Appalling' thefts left no money for mother's funeral
Offending 'left late mother's estate destitute and unable to pay for her funeral'.
Watch: Truckie fuming at near misses, overtaking outrages
Frustrated truckie creates Facebook page to shame dangerous drivers.
Watch: 'Inches from carnage' - Terrifying near-miss on South Island road
"It would have been carnage and three families would have been mourning their loved ones."
Artist's work strikes a chord following mosque attacks
Artist believes the well-intentioned "This is not NZ" statement is made in ignorance.
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'We did not see it coming': Daughter's death sparks mission
David White still agonises over not doing more to help prevent the tragedy.
Hit-and-run teen victim's mum embraces driver
'Nothing is going to bring Zara back,' her mother says.
Stoned hit-and-run: Touching moment outside court after Zara's death
Joshua Chellew was today sentenced to home detention over the death of 14-year-old Zara.
Stoned driver who killed teen in hit and run gets home detention
Stoned driver fled the scene and handed himself into police the next day.
Lime scooters being used 250km from Christchurch
The scooters were in steampunk capital, Oamaru, far from their Christchurch home.
Brothers, 24 and 30, drown while diving for kai
Two men who died were brothers doing what family say "they both loved most".
'Kai gathering' drownings account for nearly half of all 2019 drownings
Eighteen people have drowned so far this year, compared to 22 same time last year.
'Call us the living dead': couple who lost 'everything' in fire
He turned on wrong element - all they have left is clothes they were wearing and a handbag
Kiwi woman travels 20,000km to save her eye
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Motorcyclist charged after allegedly fleeing police three times
Police have arrested a man who was involved in three separate fleeing driver incidents.
Two children injured in sea biscuit accident at lake
Both were taken by ambulance to Oamaru Hospital.
'Everything is gone': Fire destroys single mum's home
'I am in shock. I'm just absolutely gutted. Everything is gone.''
Man injured in 'suspicious' Oamaru blaze
A well-ablaze house fire in Oamaru damaged a second property.
Friends mourn 21-year-old 'good bugger' killed in tragic baler incident
'It hit a few of the boys pretty hard. Everyone was obviously in a bit of shock.'
'This is terrible': Man killed in hay-baler tragedy on Waitaki farm
'There is never a good time of year for anything like that but this is terrible.'
Man dies in baler accident in Waitaki District
Emergency services were called to a rural address on Kakanui Valley Rd just after 11am.
Viewpoint NZ: Q&A with Santa and the Bay Sausage Rollers
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Four hurt after bus and car collide south of Oamaru
Emergency services were called to the intersection south of Oamaru around 4.05pm.
Live brown marmorated stink bugs found in shoes
Up to 26 live brown marmorated stink bugs were found in a box of shoes ordered on eBay.
Driver smoked cannabis before killing teen in hit-and-run
Motorist had consumed three cans of bourbon and cola and a quarter of a cannabis joint.
Guilty plea over Oamaru hit-and-run death
A man charged over the hit-and-run death of an Oamaru teenager has pleaded guilty.
Watch: Head girl's speech shares what it was like coming out as gay
Waimate Head girl shared a heartfelt speech during her school prizegiving.
Kiwi whisky company crowdfunds $500k, sets sight on $2m
New Zealand Whisky Collection has surpassed its $500,000 equity crowdfunding target.