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Top Stories |
 | Leaders in spat over work hours
By TRACY WATKINS
The air above Parliament is becoming increasingly toxic as the leaders of Labour and National trade blows over the hours they work.
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| | Driver locks for drunks
By EMILY WATT
Repeat drink-drivers could face a mandatory breath test every time they start their vehicles, with the Government asking transport officials to investigate alcohol ignition locks.
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Technology |
 | Review: Apple iPhone 3G
By REUBEN SCHWARZ
Well it's finally here, and thanks to our time zone we'll be the first country in the world to be able to buy the next generation Apple iPhone.
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| | Pair ride shotgun with iPhone
Tina Law
As Kiwis complain about the price of Apple's new iPhone, tomorrow's launch will propel two young Christchurch entrepreneurs onto the world stage.
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 | Review: Wolf Of The Battlefield: Commando 3
By ALAN BELL - NZGamer.com
Yes, it might have an odd subtitle (Wolf of the Battlefield is a literal translation of the Japanese name, which might be a little less odd in that language).
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National News |
 | Charge police, says mother
By PHIL KITCHIN and HANK SCHOUTEN
The mother of a young woman killed by a paroled criminal on a witness protection programme wants police to investigate charging senior officers and Corrections staff with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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| | Praise as 'decent bloke' spared jail
By BEN FAWKES and AARON LEAMAN
Voluntary euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin has applauded the sentence handed down to Ian Crutchley for attempting to murder his terminally ill mother, saying the judge treated him as a "decent Kiwi bloke".
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Sport |
| | War of words brings ref in
By JIM KAYES
The All Blacks coaches and their South African counterparts will have an unprecedented joint meeting with Australian referee Mat Goddard tomorrow.
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| | Anderton backs free-to-air sport law
By ANNA CHALMERS
Moves to introduce legislation under which major sporting events would be broadcast live and free-to-air have been endorsed by Progressive leader Jim Anderton.
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| | Lifeline for Highlanders
By TONY SMITH
New Zealand's Super 14 rugby operation is running at a $10 million loss, but the national union has scotched talk of a sole South Island franchise.
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| | Greedy IRB demands $312m for World Cup
By GREG GROWDEN
The International Rugby Board has made an audacious dash for cash by deciding to slug countries an exorbitant A$207million (NZ$261m) tournament fee to host the 2015 World Cup. And if any country wants to host the 2019 World Cup, it will cost a whopping $248m (NZ$312m).
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World News |
| | Iran tests missiles, rattles sabres
Iran has test-fired nine missiles and warned the United States and Israel it was ready to retaliate for any attack over its disputed nuclear projects.
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| | Hurricane Bertha set to regain strength in Atlantic
Hurricane Bertha was expected to strengthen again as it neared Bermuda but it remained uncertain whether the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season would actually hit the British colony, US forecasters have said.
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| | Man charged over murder of French students
Police have charged a man with the murder of two French students killed last week in a frenzied knife attack and then burned in a London apartment, Scotland Yard has said.
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Rural |
| | Dairy Trust gets big backers
By DAVID HARGREAVES
Ambitious new dairy sector player Dairy Trust (DTL) is showing itself as a potentially serious rival to Fonterra.
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| | Alliance to retain structure
By ALAN WOOD
Alliance, New Zealand's biggest sheep meat processor, remains committed to its co-operative model, as rival PPCS is preparing to dilute its co-operative structure.
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Business |
| | Trade in Rolls for a Toyota state told
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
The Government has built a "Rolls-Royce" public sector, sinking more money into its departments than directly into New Zealanders, and needs to rethink its spending, according to an ANZ economist.
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| | 'Oversold' market on road to recovery
By KRIS HALL
Investors with steady nerves will reap the rewards of a grossly oversold sharemarket, which is showing signs of rallying from its "recession" lows, says brokerage Forsyth Barr.
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| | Top brass at Air NZ on a pay freeze
By JAMES WEIR
Air New Zealand chief Rob Fyfe and his senior executives will have their pay frozen as the airline faces "a crisis in the industry".
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| | Pair ride shotgun with iPhone
Tina Law
As Kiwis complain about the price of Apple's new iPhone, tomorrow's launch will propel two young Christchurch entrepreneurs onto the world stage.
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Dominion Post |
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| | Driver locks for drunks
EMILY WATT
Repeat drink-drivers could face a mandatory breath test every time they start their vehicles, with the Government asking transport officials to investigate alcohol ignition locks.
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| | Praise as 'decent bloke' spared jail
BEN FAWKES and AARON LEAMAN
Voluntary euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin has applauded the sentence handed down to Ian Crutchley for attempting to murder his terminally ill mother, saying the judge treated him as a "decent Kiwi bloke".
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Marlborough Express |
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Manawatu Standard |
 | Virus strikes Educare centre
By JANINE RANKIN and KATIE CHAPMAN
Six children are sick following a hepatitis A outbreak at a Palmerston North early childcare centre.
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| | Govt ignores Ombudsman's appeal for report
By CHRISTIAN BONNEVIE
The Government is seemingly ignoring the Ombudsman's request to hand over a secret report about Tihirau Shepherd's appointment as principal of Hato Paora College.
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| | Sex offender gets beating, jail
By JODY O'CALLAGHAN
A drunk man's decision to enter a home in the early hours of the morning and sexually violate a woman landed him first in hospital - and now prison.
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| | Library fines ditched
By KATIE CHAPMAN
The Rangitikei District Council has announced it is ditching overdue fines in an attempt to make the library a more pleasant experience.
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The Nelson Mail |
 | Lawyer stands firm
By LAURA BASHAM and MARCUS STICKLEY
Nelson lawyer Mark Dollimore is defending his failure to disclose to the court the true identity of a police informer on parole who went on to kill Hope woman Debbie Ashton in a car crash.
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The Press |
| | Specialist shortage critical
Kim Thomas
A critical shortage of obstetricians and gynaecologists will soon mean emergency procedures are done only in cities, says the profession's governing body.
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| | Q'town receivership looms
Marta Steeman
High-profile developer Dave Henderson was scrambling last night to save his multimillion-dollar Queenstown township development from receivership.
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| | Lifeline for Highlanders
Tony Smith
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) has pledged to keep the financially ailing Highlanders in Dunedin.
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Southland Times |
| | '08 oyster season a real pearler
By CASSANDRA POKONEY
Bluff oyster season is over after a bumper season filled quotas early, and industry experts believe the beds have recovered enough to allow an increase in quotas next year.
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| | Mobil won't play ball over Milford aerostop
By JARED MORGAN
The closure of the Milford Sound aerostop smacked of a financial decision with little consideration for the unique needs of the area it served, air operators said yesterday.
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| | Police open to new info on death
By GWENYTH HYNDMAN
Police said they remained open to investigating any new leads into the death of Owaka teenager Blake Stott, who died in 2006.
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Taranaki Daily News |
 | And the cupboard was bare
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
Files and records critical to solving Surf Life Saving Taranaki's financial crisis have disappeared.
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| | Accused to plead self-defence
By GLENN McLEAN glenn.mclean@tnl.co.nz
The woman accused of murder in the body-on-the-bonnet case will argue it was self-defence when it goes to trial.
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 | Quick thinking contains Riverlands fire
By RICHARD WOODD richard.woodd@tnl.co.nz
Cool-headed maintenance engineers are being credited with saving Eltham's Riverlands export meat works yesterday from a major fire.
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Timaru Herald |
 | Armed robbery of dairy
Michael Kim didn't argue the toss when a balaclava-wearing offender pointed a knife at him and told him to put the money in the bag.
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| | Beer thief caught on the booze in court
Alcohol plays a major role in many of the cases that come to the Timaru District Court. But yesterday, most agreed, was the first time a defendant had brought his booze right into the courtroom.
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Auckland |
 | Security yes, triads no
By KAREN MANGNALL
Police say they’d support council-funded private security patrols around Manukau.
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| | Thieves take weapons
By LEANNE WARR
Two SKS semi-automatic assault rifles are among items stolen from a collection in Ranui.
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| | Mayor at home
Manukau mayor Len Brown is out of hospital and recuperating from heart bypass surgery at home.
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Central North Island |
 | Cancer calender honours battlers
By SIMON EARLE
Raven Gotz-Tier prefers to master the controls of his X-Box or whack balls across a tennis court net than talk about what no young guy should have to go through.
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 | Dead youth had 'so much going for him'
Severe cold weather is believed to be a significant fator in the death of a Taupo teenager whose body was found in the grounds of the Taupo Hockey Club in AC Baths Avenue on Sunday morning.
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Hawke's Bay |
| | City booze ban to be extended
BERNARD CARPINTER
The success of a trial booze ban in Taradale has prompted Napier City Council to prepare seven-day bans in three areas of the city.
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| | Truant's mum in court again
MARTY SHARPE
A Napier mother who has been in court twice in a year for failing to ensure her child attends school, has walked away without being fined.
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Northland |
 | Reserve fishers in court
By DEANNA HARRIS
Recreational fishermen are ending up in front of a judge after being caught fishing in marine reserves in Whangarei Harbour.
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| | School to rival the best
By DENISE PIPER
A private co-educational college to rival the likes of Kings and St Cuthbert’s Colleges has been proposed for Glenbervie.
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 | Truckies make a stand
By DENISE PIPER
Traffic in Whangarei almost ground to a halt on Friday morning as truckies protested over a sudden increase in road user charges.
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