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Struggle as Longleys return to NZ
After placing their lives on hold for a year, Mark and Caroline Longley return to New Zealand seeking normality.

River users fight power giant's changes to dam
Locals tell of rotting weed and stranded fish when water levels fell during 2009 trial run.

Dead youth was looking forward to being a father
A youth killed in a landslide near Whakatane on Saturday was looking forward to becoming father in September.

Desperate bid to rescue buried teen
The foster father of a teenager killed in yesterday's Ohope landslip tried desperately to save him.

Youth dies after landslide hits house
Police tonight recovered the body of a 17-year-old from the wreckage of a house destroyed by a giant landslide at Ohope Beach near Whakatane.

Deadly Ohope landslide
Images of the slip at West End Road in Ohope that claimed the life of a 17-year-old Hugh Biddle.