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 | All Black's son dies in rail tragedy
By PHIL HAMILTON and IAN STEWARD
Two North Canterbury men who died from severe head injuries on top of a freight train could have been hitching a free ride to Christchurch, police say.
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Technology |
 | First look: Killzone 2
By LIAM O'CONNOR - NZGamer.com
Do you remember E3 in 2005? No, not the one with giant enemy crabs, massive damage, and "Riiiiiiiiiiiidge Raceeeeeeeeer!" - that was E3 2006. E3 2005 was the event where Sony showed the now infamous Killzone 2 trailer.
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| | Digital copyright: it's all wrong
By GRAEME PHILIPSON
The forces of reaction are fighting back. As they often do, they are carrying out their planning in secret, in the knowledge that if more people knew of their activities they would not be allowed to get away with it.
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National News |
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| | Mayors asked to save power
By JAMES WEIR
The power shortage is getting worse, with hydro lake levels down to 49 per cent of average and public lighting being cut back, but some rain may be on the way.
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| | Flutey family goes into its paua shell
Descendants of Bluff couple Fred and Myrtle Flutey plan to boycott the opening of an exhibition in Christchurch next month recreating the pair's legacy.
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Sport |
| | Smith's warning: England can run
By JIM KAYES in Auckland
All Blacks backs coach Wayne Smith has described as "bullshit" the perception that England don't have good attacking backs.
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| | Black Caps hoping to keep momentum
At first glance the omens aren't good for New Zealand, returning to the scene of their test cricket series meltdown and trying to avert a six-match losing streak in Twenty20 internationals.
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| | Origin star 'humiliated' by police
NSW rugby league star Greg Bird says he was humiliated by Queensland police officers who handcuffed him for no reason in the early hours of Thursday morning in Brisbane.
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World News |
| | Court rules for Guantanamo prisoners
Guantanamo Bay prisoners can go before US federal judges to challenge their years-long detention, the US Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark decision that delivered a stinging setback to President George W. Bush's administration.
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| | Hong Kong scours farms for source of bird flu
Hong Kong officials have scoured farms and wholesale markets, searching for the source of an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus that forced the culling of thousands of birds across the wealthy city.
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Rural |
| | Iran seeks to lift dairy, wool trade
By HANK SCHOUTEN
New Zealand and Iran are looking to improve relations and boost trade, according to a visiting senior Iranian foreign ministry official.
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| | Fieldays kicks off
Early risers queued at daybreak yesterday before stepping into a huge "tent city" for the 40th National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Waikato.
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Business |
| | Forestry facing huge cuts
By ANDREW JANES
The forestry industry is facing some of the toughest conditions it has experienced, with concerns that an exodus of skilled staff could leave it unprepared to cope with any future upswing.
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Dominion Post |
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| | Mayors asked to save power
JAMES WEIR
The power shortage is getting worse, with hydro lake levels down to 49 per cent of average and public lighting being cut back, but some rain may be on the way.
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Manawatu Standard |
| | Lack of nurses sees ops canned
By JANINE RANKIN
Nursing shortages at Palmerston North Hospital have cancelled 111 operations between July 2005 and February this year.
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| | City rates hike of 11.3% fixed
By KATIE CHAPMAN
It was a marathon effort crossing two calendar days when Palmerston North City Council settled its annual plan, and at the finish line was an 11.3 percent rates increase.
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 | Dead man's family arrives from Japan
By MERVYN DYKES
Small bouquets of flowers, a scrape mark against a bank and a few shards of debris were all that remained yesterday to mark the site of a fatal car crash near the summit of the Pahiatua Track.
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Marlborough Express |
| | Double blow for Bohally
A Blenheim school which was at the centre of a Ministry of Education intervention order is now facing the departures of its principal and board of trustees chairwoman.
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| | Dead men on Picton wagon
Two men were found dead in Christchurch this morning on top a goods train which had travelled from Picton and stopped in Kaikoura.
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The Nelson Mail |
| | Cellphone ban plan welcomed by drivers
Nelson drivers have given the thumbs up to the Government's plans to ban the use of handheld cellphones while driving, saying they are a distraction and that safer forms of communication can be used in vehicles.
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| | Some hope for laid-off staff
By JOSH REICH
Hope is on the horizon for the 323 Sealord staff being made redundant, with employers in the seafood industry indicating there is work available for them.
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| | Three charged with kidnapping
Three Richmond-based Vietnamese nationals have been arrested charged, accused of being involved in the kidnap and serious assault on another man who shared their house.
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The Press |
| | All Black's son dies in rail tragedy
By PHIL HAMILTON and IAN STEWARD
Two North Canterbury men who died from severe head injuries on top of a freight train could have been hitching a free ride to Christchurch, police say.
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| | Flutey family goes into its shell
Descendants of Bluff couple Fred and Myrtle Flutey plan to boycott the opening of an exhibition in Christchurch next month recreating the pair's legacy.
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Southland Times |
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 | Pupils learn the art of safe sneezing
By SAM McKNIGHT
Whether the exclamation is "gesundheit" or "bless you" it doesn't matter. When it comes to how to sneeze, pupils at Southland Boys' High School yesterday learned that safety counts.
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| | Rain over hydro lakes expected today
By EVAN HARDING
Heavy rain expected in Fiordland and Westland that could avert the looming electricity shortage was expected to arrive in key hydro lake areas this morning, a weather forecaster said.
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Taranaki Daily News |
| | Origin in for the long haul
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
A $115 million purchase of major Taranaki oil and gas assets will take place today, with big consequences for the region's energy industry.
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| | Norovirus has rest homes on lockdown
By HARRIET PALMER harriet.palmer@tnl.co.nz
Taranaki rest homes are on high alert after the highly contagious norovirus has forced two people into isolation.
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 | One of the good things about punting
By TONY BIRD tony.bird@tnl.co.nz
Iid one is your lucky number you would have had a field day at yesterday's Taranaki Racing Club meeting at Pukekura Raceway.
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Timaru Herald |
 | Anger over roadside car sales
An unofficial caryard along Otipua Road, near Timaru's Centennial Park entrance, is an on-going headache for residents, says Bronwyn Wells.
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| | Court told of other attack
Assailants carrying a hammer and wearing blue bandanas over their faces burst into a Timaru house yelling out for one of those accused of Wayne Bray's murder just hours after he was assaulted.
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Auckland |
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| | Smoking not cool say students
By LUCY VICKERS
Shore students’ views on smoking support statistics that smoking isn’t cool for most Kiwi teenagers.
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 | Battle site revisited
By JANIE SMITH
For Brendan O’Carroll, travelling thousands of miles and crossing a scorching desert was a small price to pay to uncover a piece of New Zealand history.
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Central North Island |
 | 9/11 medico returns to Rotorua roots
By Phil Campbell
A heavy, `odourless stench' still hovers over the World Trade Centre site destroyed by the Twin Tower destruction of 2001, September 9. Karla Hale, an acupuncturist and expert in Chinese healing, nutritional counselling and apitherapy, was working 1.5kms away in New York when the the world was shattered by two aircraft with Al Qaeda operatives drilling the huge turrets which pierced the azure, cloudless sky.
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| | EBoP declines money for airport expansion
By Phil Campbell
A temporary setback is how Rotorua Mayor Kevin Winters regards Environment Bay of Plenty's rejected request of $15 million for Rotorua Airport extensions.
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| | Man charged with murder following fire
A 44-year-old man appeared in Rotorua District Court last week charged with murder and arson. The murder charge followed the death of Lyn Delzoppo, on May 29. Ms Delzoppo was badly burned in an incident in Taui St, Ngongotaha, Rotorua Police said.
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Hawke's Bay |
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| | No show in cruelty case
A Hawke's Bay farmer charged with starving his animals so badly that they had to be put down has failed to appear in court.
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Northland |
 | Problem solving champions
The Kerikeri High School team came first in their division at the 2008 Future Problem Solving International Conference for their project that looked at ways of teaching sun safety to primary school children.
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| | Auditor says 'no' on hall
By KERI MOLLOY
The office of the Auditor-General has turned down a request by the Kerikeri Memorial Hall Committee 2008 to investigate dealings by the Far North District Council, Far North Holdings, and the Kerikeri and Paihia Community Board concerning the Kerikeri Memorial Hall.
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| | Good news for ratepayers
Far North ratepayers can expect one of the lowest rate rises in the country, while $8 million of savings means money is available for some major projects, including the Waipapa intersection.
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