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Top Stories |
 | Kiwis take to the streets over crime
By GREER McDONALD
Protesters are taking to the streets over violence in the community as police hunt the killer of an 80-year-old woman in South Auckland.
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| | Haze hangs over petrol price inquiry
By BEN FAWKES
The Government has begun an inquiry into the competitiveness of the oil market but has not said who will lead it or revealed its terms of reference.
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Technology |
| | Less 'G' and whiz for iPhone
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
Hyped-up Apple fans will have to stomach some disappointments when the 3G iPhone goes on sale next month.
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| | Smaller broadband providers do better
By ROELAND van den BERGH
Most of the biggest telecommunications companies deliver the worst broadband services, according to a report commissioned by the Commerce Commission.
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| | Electronic push to fix court case backload
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
The Government will embark on a fresh push to modernise the judicial system and break a logjam of court cases by allowing more documents to be filed with courts electronically.
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| | Need we envy Auckland its reward?
Auckland commentators led the charge for the unbundling and operational separation of Telecom. They have been rewarded with the appointment of a new Telecom chairman, Wayne Boyd, who has made a point of moving top managers to Auckland where possible, and an uptick in competition as Orcon and Vodafone have begun installing their Internet access equipment in Telecom exchanges.
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National News |
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| | Radar ban plan may scupper 'lifesaver'
By MATT CALMAN
A new device that alerts drivers to road hazards has caught the eye of the Fire Service, but it may be scuppered by government plans to ban radar detectors.
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| | Black armbands for train death pair
Teammates of two North Canterbury rugby players who died hitching a train ride to Christchurch wore black armbands as a mark of respect in their first match since the pair died.
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Sport |
| | Black Caps crushed in first ODI
By MARK GEENTY
A nightmare final 10 overs and another ordinary New Zealand top-order batting effort continued the Black Caps England cricketing misery, losing the first one-day international by 114 runs in Durham early today (NZ time).
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| | Erakovic named in NZ's Beijing team
Rising tennis star Marina Erakovic was today rewarded for an outstanding six months with selection for the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
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World News |
 | Bush advises UK on Iraq withdrawal
US President George W. Bush has urged British prime minister Gordon Brown not to use a definitive timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq, on the eve of a visit to the UK.
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| | Mugabe 'ready to hand power to a party faithful'
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been quoted as saying he would be willing to hand power to a ruling party ally when he was sure the country was safe from "sellouts" and from British interference.
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| | Iran defiant in nuclear row
Western powers are warning Iran of more sanctions if it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic is showing no sign of backing down.
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Rural |
 | Fieldays on record despite drought
By CHRIS GARDNER
Mystery Creek's National Agricultural Fieldays could be heading for another record attendance and experts are predicting $200 million will be spent on site.
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| | 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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Business |
| | Haze hangs over petrol price inquiry
By BEN FAWKES
The Government has begun an inquiry into the competitiveness of the oil market but has not said who will lead it or revealed its terms of reference.
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| | Smaller broadband providers do better
By ROELAND van den BERGH
Most of the biggest telecommunications companies deliver the worst broadband services, according to a report commissioned by the Commerce Commission.
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| | Anchor fights Angkor
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
Fonterra has appealed against a decision to let an Indonesian company use the brand Angkor in New Zealand, claiming it is too close to the Anchor brand.
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| | Rise puzzles analyst
Telstraclear's move to raise its cable broadband prices as its competitors drop their broadband pricing has puzzled one analyst.
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Dominion Post |
| | Kiwis take to the streets over crime
GREER McDONALD and NZPA
Protesters are taking to the streets over violence in the community as police hunt the killer of an 80-year-old woman in South Auckland.
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| | Haze hangs over petrol price inquiry
BEN FAWKES
The Government has begun an inquiry into the competitiveness of the oil market but has not said who will lead it or revealed its terms of reference.
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| | Call to keep saving power
BEN FAWKES
Consumers are being advised not to ease off on electricity conservation despite heavy weekend rain providing some respite to the South Island hydro lakes.
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Manawatu Standard |
 | Traders to unite to beat the thugs
By MERVYN DYKES
Things could soon get a whole lot tougher for armed thugs who see the Manawatu's petrol stations and corner stores as easy pickings.
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| | Son's death accidental not suicide
By JODY O'CALLAGHAN
A missing man found dead by his searching father in Linton bush earlier this year died from a butane overdose, coroner Timothy Scott told the man's family yesterday.
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 | Fundraiser pays off
Rugby matches and a wheelchair race in Palmerston North for Ben Hekenui, whose legs were severed when he fell into a paper-baling machine in April, raised more than $5000.
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Marlborough Express |
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| | Pupil faces assault charge
Dee Wilson
A 15-year-old Queen Charlotte College male student is facing charges of assault, intent to injure and possession of an offensive weapon after an incident at the school yesterday morning.
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The Nelson Mail |
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| | New plan to attract top jobs to Nelson
Karen Goodger
National and multinational companies are being targeted to relocate to Nelson under an ambitious plan by the city council to attract 1000 jobs for highly skilled workers to the region.
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| | Sealord still honing knife
Sealord boss Graham Stuart is not ruling out further shake-ups of the company's Nelson operations as he seeks to boost profits.
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| | Nelson's world-beater takes award
Josh Reich
For Val Smith, being named New Zealand Community Trust Nelson Sportsperson of the Year was not about winning two bowls world championships in January, it was about living and competing for 30 years in the city she loves.
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The Press |
 | Shadbolt gets botox boost
By SAM McKNIGHT
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has tightened his grip on the title of "New Zealand's Sexiest Mayor" after it was yesterday revealed he has undergone an extreme makeover.
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Southland Times |
| | SDHB plan a blow to NZ health, say medics
By AMY MILNE
The New Zealand Medical Association is baffled the Southland District Health Board has joined Otago in looking at a plan to no longer pay for laboratory tests for patients of private specialists, saying New Zealand's health services would suffer as a result.
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 | Botox and lasers tart up Tim
By SAM McKNIGHT
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has tightened his grip on the title of "New Zealand's Sexiest Mayor" after it was yesterday revealed he has undergone an extreme makeover.
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Taranaki Daily News |
| | Strings to surf reef payment
By RICHARD WOODDrichard.woodd@tnl.co.nz
The Opunake Surf Reef Trust wants proof the artificial reef works before making final payment to the designers.
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 | Peaks plan cost scaled down
By RYAN EVANS ryan.evans@tnl.co.nz
A Taranaki mountaineer says he can trim $2.5 million off the cost of a three peaks walkway in the Egmont National Park in the hope it will still go ahead.
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Timaru Herald |
| | Traffic lights for Washdyke
A long-awaited intersection upgrade costing nearly $3 million will go ahead at Washdyke. Claire Haren reports.
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| | Ecan defends closing workshop
Environment Canterbury has defended a decision not to allow media to attend a paid session in Timaru last week to discuss long-term council community plan issues.
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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 |
| | Public life extracts toll
The public way in which Manukau Mayor Len Brown, approaching middle age at 51, became ill is a reminder in a fast moving world of the high expectation of elected officials, writes Phil Campbell, Editor Rotorua review.
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 | 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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Hawke's Bay |
| | New Maori festival
Hawke's Bay is to hold a new Maori festival which expects to attract 25,000 visitors.
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| | Record wine haul but prices won't fall
KRIS HALL
Wine drinkers looking to savour a Kiwi tipple will still have to dig deep into their pockets, despite the industry delivering its biggest harvest.
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| | Queen's Birthday festival date
The Maori Film Festival will be held at Wairoa every Queen's Birthday weekend. Festival director Leo Koziol said the theme next year would be "peace in our time". He said the third festival, this month, had been a success with good houses and a sellout for the awards dinner.
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 | Tagger avoids prison for now
MARTY SHARPE
Tagger Quentin McKelvey did not take his toothbrush and pyjamas to court as instructed by Judge Tony Adeane, and it turned out he did not have to ... yet.
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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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Entertainment |
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 | Devlin is dancing to breakfast
By MELANIE VERRAN
Dancing with the Stars contestant Martin Devlin will be high-stepping on to the breakfast television stage.
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 | The cooks, the thieves, the wives and the Lohans
By Karen Tay
Lost without Lost? Desperate without Housewives? If you don't know what to watch on the box now that your favourite programmes are winding down for the season, here's a preview of some of the new shows coming up for winter.
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Motoring |
| | Radar ban plan may scupper 'lifesaver'
By MATT CALMAN
A new device that alerts drivers to road hazards has caught the eye of the Fire Service, but it may be scuppered by government plans to ban radar detectors.
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| | Bosses slash company car perks
A fully-fuelled company car is worth $4000 more than a year ago - and businesses are trimming salaries to claw cash back, writes Esther Harward.
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Travel |
 | A taste of France down under
Why travel to the other side of the planet when you can enjoy fine French cuisine with a Pacific flavour just three hours from home? Danielle Teutsch reports.
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| | Laser risk at airport
By GREER McDONALD
Pilots risk being blinded by laser attacks on passenger-filled aircraft, with Wellington airport the most dangerous in the country, aviation authorities have warned.
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| | London dinner is out of sight
By IAN GILBERT
Would oranges be as appetising if they were called greens? Would we pay the same for expensive wine if we couldn't see the label? And would my dinner taste better if I hadn't just poured half a glass of sauvignon blanc on it?
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