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| | Firms to get billion-dollar green subsidy
Seven of New Zealand's biggest companies will receive "corporate welfare" of $1.2 billion over the next decade, including subsidies on greenhouse gas emissions and their increased energy bills, according to an environmental think-tank.
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| | English blame rape claim on World Cup
An English rugby official says a rape allegation against four players was "designed to destabilise" the tour - and suggests Kiwis' bitterness at their early exit from the Rugby World Cup might also be a relevant factor.
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Technology |
 | US mulls free, porn-free internet
The US government wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband internet service without pornography.
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| | Patients take to Wiihabilitation
By KEELI CAMBOURNE
For three months, Frank Spiteri lay in an induced coma so the dressings on the third-degree burns that covered more than 70 per cent of his body could be changed without causing him any undue pain.
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| | Commissioner seeks feedback on NGNs
The Telecommunications Commissioner is seeking feedback on plans for upgraded telecommunications services, known as Next Generation Networks (NGNs).
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National News |
| | Questions about checks on social worker
By PHIL KITCHIN
A crown agency is questioning how British social worker Richard Vosper is allowed to work at a New Zealand hospital when his chequered past means he would be unlikely to be accepted for registration.
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Sport |
| | English blame rape claim on World Cup
An English rugby official says a rape allegation against four players was "designed to destabilise" the tour - and suggests Kiwis' bitterness at their early exit from the Rugby World Cup might also be a relevant factor.
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| | Steel despondent as loss ends finals chances
By JERRIE ANDREWS
The Northern Mystics effectively ended Southern Steel's three-match winning streak at the North Shore Events Centre last night, and with it, the southerners' hopes of an ANZ Championship semifinal play-off that are now mathematical at best.
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| | Oram cleared for comeback
By MARK GEENTY
Jacob Oram is confident of playing a full part in the fourth one-day cricket international tomorrow as a rejuvenated New Zealand eye their first series advantage of a trying tour of England.
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| | Federer banishes painful memories
By PRITHA SARKAR
Roger Federer returned to his favourite stamping ground at Wimbledon early today (NZ time) and banished painful memories to reach the second round.
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World News |
 | Tsvangirai takes refuge in embassy
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy after pulling out of a presidential election because of attacks on his supporters, Dutch officials have said.
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| | Hopes fade for Philippine ferry victims
Rescuers halted efforts to find nearly 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines as darkness fell and large swells prevented divers from drilling holes into the doomed vessel.
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| | Work-shy Myanmar buffaloes add to farmers' woes
With a planting deadline looming, rice farmers in cyclone-hit parts of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta have hit a problem - donated oxen and water buffaloes are refusing to work because they are stressed.
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Rural |
 | Big Snow best on show
By NATHAN BEAUMONT
At two tonnes and a towering 1.88 metres (6ft 2in) tall at the shoulder, Big Snow is the same height as a small elephant and could provide enough steaks to feed an army.
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| | March of the tall timbers
By TIM CRONSHAW
Californian redwood trees are making a stand in North Canterbury, where the conditions are perfect for their skyward thrust.
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| | Wheat rises likely
By TIM CRONSHAW
A dud corn planting in the United States is expected to raise returns in the wheat fields of Canterbury.
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| | Debate over GE application
By TIM CRONSHAW
Temuka farmer Jeremy Talbot wants field trials of genetically engineered vegetables held offshore.
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Business |
| | Economy learning the 'R' word
By JAMES WEIR
A "technical" recession looks increasingly likely for the first half of the year, with little reason to be optimistic about the second half either, say Bank of New Zealand economists.
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| | Firms to get billion-dollar green subsidy
Seven of New Zealand's biggest companies will receive "corporate welfare" of $1.2 billion over the next decade, including subsidies on greenhouse gas emissions and their increased energy bills, according to an environmental think-tank.
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| | Marac Finance sticks to forecast
By ALAN WOOD
Marac Finance is sticking to annual profit expectations, but says lending, particularly in property development, has stagnated significantly.
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Dominion Post |
 | Gully route breakthrough
TRACY WATKINS and DAVE BURGESS
A $1 billion proposal to ease congestion along Wellington's coastal commuter belt has passed a crucial hurdle with new plans for Transmission Gully getting the Government's green light.
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| | Pupils to learn dollars and sense
LANE NICHOLS
Schools will teach pupils the finer points of personal banking, hire purchase agreements, savings schemes and interest repayments in a bid to make Kiwis more financially savvy.
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| | English blame rape claim on World Cup
An English rugby official says a rape allegation against four players was "designed to destabilise" the tour - and suggests Kiwis' bitterness at their early exit from the Rugby World Cup might also be a relevant factor.
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| | Rio forum drops Islander paper
BEN FAWKES
The author of a report questioning Pacific Islanders' economic contribution to society has been told he cannot present the paper to a conference in Brazil.
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Marlborough Express |
 | Tragedy in the Sounds
Rachel Young
Fighting the urge to panic, Juan Vargas did all he could to save the lives of those on board a boat involved in a fatal crash at Waikawa Bay near Picton on Friday.
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| | Ambulance officer ignored own injury
Dee Wilson
A Picton ambulance officer ignored his own pain as he worked to save lives on the King Salmon boat involved in Friday's fatal crash.
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 | Examiners at bay's fatal crash site
Investigators went back on Saturday to the scene where a King Salmon boat ploughed into a former navy patrol vessel, the Flightless, in Waikawa Bay on Friday.
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Manawatu Standard |
| | Hold-up terror in city shop
By MICHELLE DUFF
A Palmerston North dairy owner held at gunpoint is glad to be alive after his terrifying ordeal.
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| | Police hunt burnout Laser
By MICHELLE DUFF
Police are hunting for a pair of joyriders who stole a car and knocked down an off-duty police officer in the Esplanade in Palmerston North yesterday.
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The Nelson Mail |
| | Stark crime headlines wrong: PM
Crime rates are actually dropping despite a spate of violent attacks in recent weeks that has dominated media headlines, says Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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| | City council orders McDonald's outlet to close by 1am
By MARCUS STICKLEY
Nelson's late-night revellers may have to find a new place for a feed as McDonald's Rutherford St outlet has been found in breach of the Nelson City Council's resource management plan following a noise complaint.
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The Press |
| | Govt pushes ahead with biofuel plan
Colin Espiner Political editor
The Government is pressing ahead with plans to force oil companies to sell biofuels in petrol and diesel, dismissing fears it will lead to price rises of up to 6c a litre at the pump.
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| | Man charged after hit-and-run
John Hartevelt
A man has been charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run outside a Christchurch party that has left a 29-year-old man critically injured.
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Southland Times |
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 | Steel despondent after loss puts paid to finals chances
By JERRIE ANDREWS
The Northern Mystics effectively ended Southern Steel's three-match winning streak at the North Shore Events Centre last night, and with it, the southerners' hopes of an ANZ Championship semi-final play-off that are now mathematical at best.
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| | Finance woes hit Qtown projects
By BEN HEATHER
Financially struggling developments put "on ice" are partly to blame for the lay-off of construction workers, according to one construction company.
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Taranaki Daily News |
 | Huge erosion threat looms
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
Massive erosion on Mt Taranaki's western slopes could threaten State Highway 45 and endanger Opunake's water supply.
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| | Southcare sale offer is refused
By RICHARD WOODD richard.woodd@tnl.co.nz
Southcare's trust tried to sell the strife-torn GP business to its controversial medical director last week for $1.8 million as a going concern.
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Timaru Herald |
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| | SC crashes cost $81m
Vehicle crashes in South Canterbury last year had a social cost of more than $81 million.
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| | Plight of Zimbabwe saddens
Timaru account manager Gareth Thomas will not visit his hometown in Zimbabwe until a new government is in power.
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Auckland |
 | Wife's CPR a lifesaver
By LEANNE WARR
First-aider Alison Powell knew just what to do when husband Richard collapsed at home.
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| | Bike lane battle brews
By JODEAL CADACIO
North Shore City Council could face a protracted and potentially costly legal battle over the controversial Lake Rd cycle lane.
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| | Prescription fee a bitter pill
By HAYDEN DONNELL
A funding "anomaly" has patients paying five times as much to get after hours prescription medicines on the North Shore.
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Central North Island |
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 | Anthem right groove for soprano Marvelly
By Phil Campbell
Elizabeth Marvelly, the Rotorua soprano perhaps a groove or two away from cementing stardom, performed before her biggest audience two weekends ago.
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Hawke's Bay |
 | Savagery shows mob in new light
MARTY SHARPE
Tui Manihera says she knows good mobsters, but why anyone would join a gang responsible for the sort of savagery she saw at her brother's 21st on Saturday night is a mystery to her.
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| | Road victim named
Hastings police have released the name of a man killed in a crash near Havelock North on Sunday. He was Robert Dunn, 26, of Hastings.
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Northland |
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| | Parking fines may be refunded
By DENISE PIPER
parking fines issued without warning signs by Whangarei District Council may have to be paid back, like the Christchurch council is having to.
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| | Busses free for final ride
It will be less fuss to take the bus next Monday, with Whangarei Bus Services offering free rides to see out its seven-year contract.
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