Emergency services were called to Ram Paddock Road, in Broomfield, just before 8pm yesterday,

Our newsroom understands a man was found dead under a digger.

WorkSafe's been notified.

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30 Apr: Hopes a new hut will revive an old Canterbury ski field

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Troubling findings that almost half of youth offenders simply walk out 8:57

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