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Hot Air Balloon Bursts Into Flames In NZ; 11 Dead
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Posted 6 January, 2012
A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a horrifying tower of sheer flame Saturday after hitting power lines near a rural New Zealand town, police and witnesses said. All aboard were killed in the deadliest air ... Full Story |
Helicopter Crashes Installing Christmas Tree In NZ
A helicopter helping install a Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront has crashed in dramatic fashion, but the pilot escaped serious injury. Footage...
2 Bodies Pulled From NZ Quake Rubble
Recovery teams pulled two more bodies from the rubble of one of the worst-hit buildings in last week's earthquake in New Zealand, raising the conf...
New Zealand Quake Toll Rises To 113 Dead
A woman plucked from a building that collapsed in this week's earthquake went ahead with her planned wedding Friday a bright spot in Christchurch...
NZ Earthquake Death Toll At 75 As Search Continues
Some screamed from inside collapsed buildings. One woman used her mobile phone to call her children to say goodbye. Others tapped on the rubble to com...
Robot To Enter NZ Mine To Take Photos, Air Samples
Rescue officials on Monday were preparing to send a high-tech robot into a mine tunnel to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels three days aft...
Powerful 7.1 Quake Hits New Zealand's South Island
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Satu...
3 Dead When New Zealand Military Chopper Crashes
Three airmen are dead and a fourth seriously hurt after a New Zealand military helicopter en route to a military memorial flyover crashed on farmland...
NZ Man Caught By River Rescue Dilemma
As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to sav...
Kiwi Rural Fire Fighters Return From NSWRFS NAVEX
A team of 9 volunteer Rural Fire Fighters from Fire Rescue New Zealand and the Rodney District Council Rural Fire Authority recently returned from par...
Striking Firefighters To Protest At Opening Ceremony Of New Mt Roskill Fire Station
Striking Firefighters to Protest at Opening Ceremony of new $4.9m Fire Station Auckland Local President of the Firefighters Union, Jeff McCulloch said...
