Two semi-trailer units made contact and collided. One of those semis careened off and hit the bus.

While Delores is gone, her friends may also disappear on us for a few weeks or whatever the case is, thereby complicating that timeline further, with us getting hold of them to see if they saw Delores.

And so because of that and not having that information which is important to the investigation, this is the extreme circumstance that they went to in terms of laying charges.

The government's objective, broadly expressed, is that all persons, whatever their level of ability, whether they live in town or country, have a right as citizens to a free education of the kind for which they are best fitted and to the fullest extent of their powers.

They paid a big price. It has a sniff of a panic buy. New Zealand is a small market and I can't see what they can do to grow the business.

It is outrageous that the company has never discussed alternatives with the union and simply dropped a bomb on the whole city. It is a mean-spirited terrible way to treat workers, their families and the whole community.