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Top Stories |
| | Street blocked in hunt for killers
BREAKING NEWS: Police in South Auckland hunting the killers of a liquor store owner have blocked off a street in Manurewa this morning.
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| | Plan to outlaw cellphone drivers
By TRACY WATKINS
The Government is moving to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving after a spate of high-profile crashes.
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| | Police get new powers in domestic incidents
By BEN FAWKES
Police who attend suspected domestic violence incidents will have the power to issue "on the spot" safety orders lasting up to three days under tough law changes proposed by the Government.
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Technology |
 | Fresh warning over headphones
By JILL STARK
Alarming numbers of young Australians are risking long-term hearing loss by listening to blaring iPods and going to noisy nightclubs.
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| | Kiwis first to get hands on iPhone
GREER McDONALD
Gadget geeks' long wait for Apple's iPhone comes with an upside - Kiwis will become some of the first in the world to get their hands on newer and cheaper models from next month.
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National News |
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| | Buses, trains feel the strain
By KERRY WILLIAMSON
Wellington's public transport system is creaking as record petrol prices force people out of cars.
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 | Second serious accident at recyclers
By LEIGHTON KEITH
Emergency services rushed to the Taranaki Recyclers' Katere Rd plant yesterday after the second serious accident there within two months.
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Sport |
| | All Blacks drop the rotation
By JIM KAYES
There was the surprising and the not-so-surprising when the All Blacks side to play England was unveiled in Auckland yesterday.
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| | Henry adopts different cup tune
By JIM KAYES
Graham Henry has rewritten history, suggesting it is the public, not the All Blacks coaches, who were obsessed with the World Cup.
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World News |
| | Austrian incest child wakes from coma
The eldest daughter from an incestuous relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from an artificial coma, hospital sources said.
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| | Zimbabwe run by military junta - Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe is being ruled by a military junta and 66 supporters of the opposition MDC have been killed in political violence since disputed March elections, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
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| | Sudan plane crash kills 100 - media
LATEST: A Sudanese airliner has burst into flames after careering off the runway on landing at Khartoum airport, killing 100 passengers, Al Jazeera television reported.
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| | French near-death case stirs organ donor debate
The case of a man whose heart stopped beating for 1½ hours only to revive just as doctors were preparing to remove his organs for transplants is fuelling ethical debates in France about when a person is dead.
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Rural |
| | Record earnings for co-op
By MARTA STEEMAN
The boom in dairying and cropping has boosted the fortunes of South Island farming services co-operative CRT, which has posted record earnings.
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 | Dust settles on fertiliser prices
By DIANE BISHOP
Ravensdown has been forced to slash the prices of its main fertiliser products after it was gazumped by its main rival Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
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| | Russian firm takes control
By TINA LAW
The Russian firm that last month gained approval to become the first foreign owner of a New Zealand dairy company has wasted no time in gaining control of New Zealand Dairies Ltd (NZDL).
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Business |
| | NZX to milk futures
By JAMES WEIR
New Zealand markets should be much broader and deeper in a few years with trading in commodities such as milk, energy, or other "futures", NZX chief Mark Weldon says.
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| | Fonterra class action possible
By ANDREW JANES
A solicitor who is considering launching a class action on behalf of some Fonterra suppliers against the dairy co-op says he will know within a week whether the case is worth pursuing.
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| | NZ lags on bank-failure protection
By MARTA STEEMAN
New Zealand is now the only developed nation whose Government does not provide some sort of cover for depositors if a bank fails.
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| | Mortgage checks a 'glimmer of hope'
By ROELAND VAN DEN BERGH
Applications for new mortgages rebounded slightly last month, offering a glimmer of hope that the falling housing market is stabilising, a credit information company says.
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Dominion Post |
| | Plan to outlaw cellphone drivers
TRACY WATKINS
The Government is moving to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving after a spate of high-profile crashes.
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| | Buses, trains feel the strain
KERRY WILLIAMSON
Wellington's public transport system is creaking as record petrol prices force people out of cars.
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| | Street blocked in hunt for killers
BREAKING NEWS: Police in South Auckland hunting the killers of a liquor store owner have blocked off a street in Manurewa this morning.
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Manawatu Standard |
 | Petrol price anguish
By KATIE CHAPMAN
Standing at the petrol pump, eyes anxiously watch the screen as the dollars clock up at speeds never experienced before - and they're about to get even faster.
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| | Sunday hold-ups linked
By JONATHON HOWE
Palmerston North police are investigating links between three spectacularly unsuccessful robberies on Sunday night.
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Marlborough Express |
| | Council cuts social funding
Cherie Howie
The Marlborough District Council has slashed $1 million from its budget, easing the rate burden for ratepayers by delaying some projects and denying community groups seeking funding.
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The Nelson Mail |
 | Motorcyclist thought he would die
A motorcyclist seriously injured in a collision with a police car in the Upper Buller Gorge has told a court that the vehicle appeared suddenly across the road, leaving him only a few seconds to work out a way to survive the inevitable crash.
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| | Armed robbery `scary'
By KIRAN CHUG
The owner of a Nelson video store robbed by a masked gunman Monday night says she had been worried about the possibility of an armed robbery for some time.
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| | Targeted rate hot topic
By HAYLEY GALE
The Tasman District Council has come under fire for its proposal to introduce a targeted rate for the Golden Bay and Motueka community boards at a hearing in Takaka on the council's annual plan.
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The Press |
| | Ban on phones in cars planned
By TRACY WATKINS
The Government plans to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving after a spate of high-profile crashes.
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| | Hunt for Korean moves to bush
By JO McKENZIE-McLEAN in Charleston
Police refuse to confirm they are searching bush on the West Coast for the body of a South Korean man who disappeared five years ago.
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Southland Times |
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| | Building in Southland bucking downturn
By EVAN HARDING
Southland's building sector is surging ahead, bucking a national trend of declining building work because of a economic property slowdown.
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| | Drink-driving 'worst for quite some time'
An Invercargill labourer with 14 drink-driving convictions drove on one occasion while his young child lay unrestrained and sleeping in the back seat, the Invercargill District Court was told yesterday.
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Taranaki Daily News |
 | Time for Razor Gang to strike
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
A divided New Plymouth District Council appears set for torrid debate this week as it chews over public demands on its purse for the next financial year.
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| | New recycling plant accident
By LEIGHTON KEITH leighton.keith@tnl.co.nz
Emergency services rushed to the Taranaki Recyclers' Katere Rd plant yesterday after the second serious accident there within two months.
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Timaru Herald |
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| | Court told of motorcycle tragedy
A 16-year-old Temuka boy was killed as he tried to stop his brother riding a motorcycle after drinking, the Timaru District Court heard yesterday.
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| | Lake levels safe in the meantime
Lakes Tekapo and Pukaki have been granted a reprieve from being drained below their minimum operating levels to help meet the electricity demand.
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Auckland |
 | Renters crippled by 400% hike
By JANIE SMITH
Residents in a central city apartment complex are struggling to make ends meet after being hit with a massive ground rent hike.
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| | 'Racist' report defended by Pacific Islanders
By KAREN KOTZE
Four high-achieving Pacific Islanders in Glen Innes say the author of a study that pegged Pacific migrants as creating an underclass in New Zealand may be naive but not racist.
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| | Pot shots taken at students
Mt Albert Grammar School students were lucky to escape injury after being fired at with an air rifle while on the school's back playing fields.
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Central North Island |
 | Lock-up in good nick for Police
By Simon Earle
Rotorua people remanded in custody will be detained in the country's most modern detention facility within weeks.
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| | Back to the future view
By Phil Campbell
An artistic impression of the view of the Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake) once logging in the area is complete has been released. The move came at the instigation of Rotorua Mayor Kevin Winters.
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 | Protection sought for historic building
By Simon Earle
A building consent application to demolish Rotorua Club's Fenton St premises has been lodged with Rotorua District Council but opposition is mounting on the grounds of the building's historic value.
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| | Tribute to Harawene possible
By Phil Campbell
A permanent memorial as a tribute to Harawene the dog, which kept vigil on Te Ngae Rd, now appears a possibility.
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Hawke's Bay |
| | Chamber opposes $60m sports park
KATHY WEBB
Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce has joined a chorus of doubters who say the sums do not stack up for a $60 million regional sports park proposed by Hastings businessman Sam Kelt.
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| | Rates rise set
Wairoa District Council signed off its annual plan yesterday for the next year, with a rates rise of 7.99 per cent. Of this, 4.5 per cent is targeted to pay for the planned sewerage scheme at Mahia.
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Northland |
 | Water car cuts bills
By PIP COLE
A part water-powered car may sound like a fuel company’s worst nightmare, yet for the last month, Chris Harris and his friend, Wally Smith of Kaikohe have been running their vehicles on a hydrogen petrol mix.
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| | Pokie policy softens
Kaipara District Council will continue its sinking lid policy for pokie machines but will introduce some flexibility to allow them to be moved within venues without increasing overall numbers.
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 | Healthier homes coming to Northland
Four thousand Northland families will benefit from warmer, drier, healthier homes during the next five years, thanks to a project launched in Kaitaia last week.
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 | Guardian pou rededicated
Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones rededicated the Kaitiaki – guardian – Pou made by Kaipara renowned artist Manos Nathan at the Whangarei Arts Museum.
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