Wellington, Dec 30 NZPA - Parents are being urged to closely supervise young children around driveways after a toddler was crushed to death under the wheels of a reversing Landcruiser.

Firefighters are warning the public to take care and undertake good fire safety practices over the upcoming new year period.

The Address, Downtown Burj Dubai, the flagship property of The Address Hotels + Resorts and the newest hotel brand in the international luxury hospitality scene, has opened Neos, the highest lounge in Dubai city.

Auckland, Dec 30 NZPA - A man charged with the theft of $5000 worth of electrical transformers in Auckland which became the centre of a citywide billboard campaign has appeared in court.

Auckland, Dec 30 NZPA - Family and friends will today bury 16-month-old Riley Justin Osborne, who was killed in Northland last week.

The Wellington Based Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to injured boaty in the Pelorous Sound today 29th Dec 2008 at approximately 2:30pm. The patient is a16 yr old male whom had dived off the boat and dislocated his shoulder.

Wellington, Dec 29 NZPA - A drunk man wielding a samurai sword rampaged down a street in Feilding attacking and abusing residents.

Christchurch, Dec 29 NZPA - A woman charged over an alleged baby-snatching incident at St George's Hospital, Christchurch, has been remanded to a pre-depositions conference next month after the court received a psychiatric report on her fitness to plead.

Wellington, Dec 29 NZPA - The man known as "The Beast of Blenheim" will stay in prison for at least another four years because he is too dangerous to be released before then, the Parole Board has decided.

The decision will be reviewed every six months, as required by law.

29 DECEMBER 2008 - Once again the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is urging all butterfly gardeners to be careful when buying milkweed (swan plant) from garden centres.