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| | Report is malicious lies, says Peters
By TRACY WATKINS
NZ First leader Winston Peters is under pressure to explain emails contradicting his denials of receiving money from billionaire businessman Owen Glenn.
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| | TVNZ to begin Veitch inquiry
By TRACY WATKINS and EMILY WATT
Television New Zealand chairman Sir John Anderson is poised to launch an inquiry into how much the state broadcaster knew of the Tony Veitch affair.
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| | Pope 'should apologise' to Kiwi abuse victims
The Pope should apologise to New Zealanders who suffered sexual abuse from members of the Catholic church when he makes his apology to Australian victims, a sexual-abuse survivors group says.
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Technology |
| | Telecom mobile's silver bullet
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
iPhone fans may be better off waiting for Telecom to sell the much-hyped smart phone after Telecom said it was talking to suppliers about rolling out a WCDMA 850MHz mobile network.
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| | The saw that could save us $2b
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
Diamond-encrusted circular saws could shave billions of dollars off the cost of the National Party's proposed home fibre network, a key plank in the party's election campaign, but have some roading engineers breaking out in a cold sweat.
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| | Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal
Yahoo Inc has said it has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corp and activist investor Carl Icahn that would have involved selling its search business to the software maker.
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National News |
| | Kiwi drugs behaviour revealed
By IAN STEWARD
Christchurch is the nation's injected-drug capital, with users even injecting veterinary tranquiliser and the behavioural drug Ritalin, a new national study shows.
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| | Rain brings hydro hopes
Transpower hopes rain on the Main Divide this weekend could have further boosted hydro lake levels.
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Sport |
| | Great test and almost a victory
By JIM KAYES
It is cold comfort to the All Blacks but their defeat by South Africa was a tremendous game and they almost pulled off a heroic win.
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| | NZ Olympians looking good so far
By JONATHAN MILLMOW
New Zealand athletes and teams are showing glimpses of form three-and-a-bit weeks out from the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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| | Bok hooker banned for 3 weeks
By RICHARD KNOWLER
LATEST: Bismarck du Plessis justified the Springboks' reputation as a grubby side when he was banned for three weeks yesterday.
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| | Luck just happy Warriors are staying alive
By ROBERT LOWE
Lock Micheal Luck has brushed aside thoughts of the National Rugby League playoffs, saying that simply staying alive was the New Zealand Warriors' week-by-week focus.
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World News |
| | US troops suffer heavy loss in Afghanistan
Insurgents killed nine US soldiers in an assault on an Afghan army and NATO outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, making it one of the worst days for foreign troops casualties in the country since 2001.
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| | Olmert says peace deal closer than ever
Israel and the Palestinians have never been so close to a peace deal, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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| | Forest fire rages on Greek holiday island
A forest fire raged unchecked on Greece's Aegean island of Skyros for a second day burning thousands of pine-trees but no injuries or damage to property were reported, a fire brigade official said.
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Rural |
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| | Threat to plans for trade pact
By DAN EATON
Indonesia's ban on New Zealand beef could threaten plans to sign a lucrative free-trade pact with South-east Asian nations this year, industry officials say.
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| | Investors seek farm exposure
By ALAN WOOD
Growing investor demand for exposure to the booming dairy industry is expected to stimulate New Zealand Exchange (NZX) listings, with six dairy company floats likely within the next three years.
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Business |
| | Higher prices drive rate-cut push
By ROELAND VAN DEN BERGH
Inflation figures due out tomorrow could provide the cue for the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates later this month, economists say.
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| | Most homes selling below rateable value
By JON HOYLE
More than half the houses sold in the Wellington region in the past three months sold for below their rateable value, according to QV Valuations.
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| | $50m luxury spa resort for Waiheke
By KRIS HALL
International chain Langham Hotels and Auckland developer Brent Gibson have sealed an agreement they say will bring one of the "world's greatest high-end tourism experiences" to Waiheke Island.
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| | Datacom revenue up 15pc to $450m
Kiwi-owned IT services firm Datacom has had another big growth spurt, increasing revenues by 15 per cent to $450 million in the year to March.
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Dominion Post |
| | Lab test blunder
LANE NICHOLS
A woman has been forced to have an abortion after a lab-test blunder wrongly diagnosed her with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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| | TVNZ to begin Veitch inquiry
TRACY WATKINS and EMILY WATT
Television New Zealand chairman Sir John Anderson is poised to launch an inquiry into how much the state broadcaster knew of the Tony Veitch affair.
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| | Most homes selling below rateable value
JON HOYLE
More than half the houses sold in the Wellington region in the past three months sold for below their rateable value, according to QV Valuations.
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Marlborough Express |
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Manawatu Standard |
| | Closure of clinic costs pensioner
By MERVYN DYKES
When Gay Jennings signed up for a course at the Palmerston North Sure Slim franchise, the only thing she had time to lose was her money.
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| | Effluent in drain ends up in court
By KATIE CHAPMAN
Whether a 1970 resource consent gave Horowhenua District Council permission to pump effluent into Stansells Drain was debated at Levin District Court yesterday.
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| | Crisis looms for region's new mums
By JANINE RANKIN
Predictions that future mums needing specialist care will have to travel to major centres hit home this weekend, with Wanganui women likely to be sent to Palmerston North Hospital for high-risk births.
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The Nelson Mail |
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| | Arts centre site cost $4.2m
By TRACY NEAL
The city council will pay $4.2 million for the 3662sq m central Nelson site on which it plans to build a performing arts centre, but aspects of the agreement still have to be thrashed out before settlement in July 2009, council chief executive Viesturs Altments said.
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| | Nelsonian faces legal action in Australia
Vanessa Phillips vanessap@nelsonmail.co.nz
Nelson businessman David John Hobbs faces legal action in Australia's Supreme Court in relation to two multimillion-dollar investment schemes the country's securities commission believes were illegal.
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The Press |
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| | Opiates remain drug of choice
Ian Steward
Christchurch is the nation's injected-drug capital, with users even injecting veterinary tranquiliser and the behavioural drug Ritalin, a new national study shows.
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| | Du Plessis banned for 3 weeks
Richard Knowler and NZPA
Bismarck du Plessis justified the Springboks' reputation as a grubby side when he was banned for three weeks yesterday.
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| | TV to start Veitch probe
Television New Zealand chairman Sir John Anderson is poised to launch an inquiry into how much the state broadcaster knew of the Tony Veitch affair.
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Southland Times |
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Taranaki Daily News |
| | Town's taps run on empty
By FELICITY ROOKES felicity.rookes@tnl.co.nz
A flash flood on Mt Taranaki yesterday has left Opunake residents with polluted water and some with none at all.
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| | Tamati raring to go in Death Valley ultramarathon
By JAYNE HULBERT jayne.hulbert@tnl.co.nz
With just a day to go before athlete Lisa Tamati embarks on the gruelling ultramarathon through Death Valley, she's making final mental and physical preparations.
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| | Ship loses containers overboard
By JAYNE HULBERT jayne.hulbert@tnl.co.nz
A ship rolling in heavy swells lost three containers over the side as it was coming into Port Taranaki on Saturday.
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Timaru Herald |
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| | Oamaru crop farmer second in YF contest
Oamaru cropping farmer Nick Webster has come second in the grand final of the Young Farmer competition. He finished on 288 points -- 15 points behind the winner Manawatu's David Skiffington who had 303 points.
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| | Trim or face big fine
Tree owners in South Canterbury could face fines of up to $10,000 if they leave their trees untrimmed around power lines.
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| | Selection hui held
Maori Party members had their say at a selection hui for the Te Tai Tonga electorate at Arowhenua Marae over the weekend.
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Auckland |
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| | Homeless moved on
By HEATHER McCRACKEN
Police were called to move homeless people from an Auckland City Council property after complaints of assault and verbal abuse against council staff.
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Central North Island |
| | Leading lights focus on new centre of attention
By SIMON EARLE
Strong opposition is mounting to the Rotorua District Council's customer centre with claims that it is being pushed through with scant involvement of councillors and no public consultation.
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| | Raukawa-Tait questions motive
By PHIL CAMPBELL
The motives of the people who belatedly dobbed in sports broadcaster Tony Veitch over claims he viciously assaulted his former partner have been questioned by a former forthright Women's Refuge chief.
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 | 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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Hawke's Bay |
 | Napier Hospital deal in doubt
MARTY SHARPE
A Wellington company is facing legal action after failing to settle on the purchase of Napier Hospital.
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| | National double tilt for Swagger
TIM BARTON
Just a Swagger might attempt the Grand National Hurdles and Grand National Steeplechase double at Riccarton next month.
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Entertainment |
 | Little Britain takes satire to US
Hit BBC television show Little Britain is taking its outrageous satirical humour to US premium cable channel HBO in September, drawing on stars such as David Schwimmer and Rosie O'Donnell to lure US audiences.
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| | TVNZ to begin Veitch inquiry
By TRACY WATKINS and EMILY WATT
Television New Zealand chairman Sir John Anderson is poised to launch an inquiry into how much the state broadcaster knew of the Tony Veitch affair.
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| | Buble bursts for star couple
By RACHEL BROWNE
Actor Emily Blunt and singer Michael Buble have ended their three-year romance with the couple confirming their split.
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Motoring |
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 | GM readies electric car for limelight
General Motors is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and plans to unveil a showroom-ready model of the heavily touted electric car in September.
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| | Angry truckies to clog city streets
Transport Minister Annette King is defending new road charges saying they are minimal but truckies are furious at the changes and plan to clog city centres across the country tomorrow.
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Travel |
 | Swinging with Bin Laden (+video)
By CATHY O'SULLIVAN
Jumping off a 109-metre cliff: scary. Jumping off a 109-metre cliff with a plastic bin on your head: madness.
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| | $50m luxury spa resort for Waiheke
By KRIS HALL
International chain Langham Hotels and Auckland developer Brent Gibson have sealed an agreement they say will bring one of the "world's greatest high-end tourism experiences" to Waiheke Island.
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 | Kazakhstan's answer to Dubai
If there is one thing Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev cherishes as part of his legacy, it is the gold-plated extravagance of his new capital, Astana.
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 | Bog in, it's Bologna
By BRIGID DELANEY
It is a silly promise and not suited to the season. But when I arrive in Bologna on a hot Friday night in summer, I tell my Italian friend, Alessio, that this weekend I will eat only ragu, "in honour of your beautiful city".
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