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RELEASE: Gavin Hawthorn's drink driving has resulted in the deaths of four people. He will be released from prison in two weeks. PHOTO/FILE

Fears killer Wairarapa driver will strike again

The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver, who was ordered to stay away from Wairarapa yesterday, says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison.

Baby's death prompts coroner warning

People continue to overlook the deadly dangers of sharing beds with babies, says a Wellington coroner, after his recent report found the death of a seven day old baby boy was caused by Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) with possible accidental suffocation.

  • Vomie Springford

Eager to pass on cooking skills

While Masterchef New Zealand's judges are gearing up to crown the latest homegrown hero, many Kiwis can barely stomach preparing a basic spaghetti bolognese.

  • Erin Kavanagh-Hall
MONSTER: Judd Coulson ( right) said the wild boar which he and his mate Hayden Meads caught was more than twice the size of the largest boar he had ever caught, weighing in at 156kg (344lbs). PHOTO/SUPPLIED

What a porker!

A late-night walk in the countryside by two Wairarapa men and their dogs turned into the "hunt of a lifetime" last weekend after they stumbled across and captured a mammoth wild boar in the bush.

A 'manifestly inadequate' sentence

A 'manifestly inadequate' sentence

A man who was sentenced to home detention after permanently disabling an elderly woman when he robbed her of her bag at an Auckland shopping mall was given a "manifestly inadequate" sentence, a court has been told. Today at the Court of Appeal, the Crown appealed against the home-based sentence given to Darren Murphy Fidow, who attacked 81-year-old Patricia Sutcliffe at a Massey shopping centre in 2011. Mrs Sutcliffe suffered a broken hip and arm when Fidow ran up behind her as she walked to her car and tackled her to the ground before wrenching her handbag away from her. At the time of the…

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