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And in other Port Hills news .... Canterbury lines company Orion is challenging a residents group to provide evidence the Port Hills fires were sparked by negligence

And in other Port Hills news .... Canterbury lines company Orion is challenging a residents group to provide evidence the Port Hills fires were sparked by negligence

4 August 2020

Two fires tore through 16 hundred hectares, destroying nine homes, and damaging five others in February 2017.

Insurer IAG is representing residents seeking nearly 15 million dollars from Orion and Christchurch Adventure Park

Orion's lawyers told the High Court in Christchurch they deny sparks from a faulty clamp or fuse are to blame for the blaze - and say the group will have to show Orion was negligent in operating and maintaining its network.

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06 Dec: There will be a heavy police presence in Auckland's Mount Wellington as officers carry out a homicide investigation in the area

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05 Dec: One person's died and another's seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke - at Matamau

05 Dec: A person's in hospital with moderate injuries after a car crashed into a house in Auckland's Grafton this morning

05 Dec: Police are yet to determine the cause of a crash that's left one person dead in Bay of Plenty

04 Dec: A section of State Highway 35 through Bay of Plenty is fully closed following a serious two-vehicle crash

04 Dec: Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago

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