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Top Stories |
 | Girl snatched and 'shoved into boot'
By KIM RUSCOE
A girl snatched by a masked man from outside her family's Auckland home was shoved into the boot of a car, her cousin told police.
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 | Why won't ACC prosecute him?
By PHIL KITCHIN
ACC has failed to prosecute a long-term beneficiary caught on video lifting boulders, cutting hedges and doing building work while claiming about $100,000 for a back injury he said stopped him from working.
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Technology |
| | Warning bells over children's phone use
By RUTH HILL
New health warnings on the dangers of children using cellphones has reignited debate on whether the devices are safe for regular use by young people.
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| | Protect your PC from power surges
After seeing yet another computer dead on arrival at our workshop, I thought it was high time I wrote about protecting your computer from "acts of God".
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| | Microsoft promised Yahoo $3b in annual revenue
Microsoft and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's joint proposal for Yahoo, which was rejected on Saturday, included improved revenue guarantees from search advertising, people familiar with the matter said.
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National News |
| | Pneumonia patient discharged into snow
By KATIE WYLIE
A North Canterbury woman is disgusted she was discharged from hospital into a snowstorm as she battled a lung infection which left her on the floor struggling for breath on her way out.
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 | Killer driver avoids jail
A young driver who killed two of his passengers while speeding has escaped a jail term, something described as "ridiculous" by the family of one of the victims.
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| | Jhia's father in court on gun charge
By KELLY BURNS
Two months before Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua was killed in a drive-by gang shooting, her father was allegedly in a car from which shots were fired at a police officer.
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Sport |
| | Sparc chief making no predictions
By JONATHAN MILLMOW
A couple of years ago former Sparc boss Nick Hill boldly went where no man had been before and said New Zealand would win 46 medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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| | Laws impasse may split rugby in two
By GREG GROWDEN
International rugby is under serious threat of a north-south split after England, Ireland and Wales made a dramatic about-turn and refused to implement sanctions involving the experimental law variations (ELVs).
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| | Tall Blacks have plenty to work on
LATEST: Tall Blacks have come through a "dangerous" first game in the Olympic men's qualifying basketball tournament in Athens with a comfortable 77-50 win over lowly Cape Verde.
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World News |
| | Bush lifts offshore drilling ban
US President George W. Bush lifted a White House ban on offshore drilling to try to drive down soaring energy prices, a largely symbolic move unlikely to have any short-term impact on high gasoline costs.
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| | ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Sudan's Bashir
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor charged Sudan's president with masterminding a campaign of genocide in Darfur, killing 35,000 people and persecuting 2.5 million refugees.
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| | 9-11 suspects may testify at Guantanamo trial
Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and some of his co-defendants may have relevant evidence to offer as defence witnesses for Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur at the Guantanamo war court.
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| | Three Britons plead guilty to explosives plot
Three British Muslim men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause explosions, part of a plan prosecutors say would have involved smuggling liquid bombs on to airliners with the intention of blowing them up mid-flight.
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Rural |
| | Overseas appeals to Kiwi exporters
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
A quarter of exporters have ambitions to move overseas to escape rising labour costs, a high exchange rate and increasing costs in New Zealand.
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| | Farming just one of winner's jobs
By BEN FAWKES
He may have just been crowned Young Farmer of the Year, but David Skiffington admits three days of intense competition have left him feeling like an old man.
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Business |
| | US govt shores up market confidence
By MARTA STEEMAN and KRIS HALL
The US government's offer of massive help to huge lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has safeguarded fragile international financial market confidence, Christchurch investment banker Justin Murray says.
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| | SkyCity on a roll
By ANDREW JANES
Cash-strapped consumers still have enough money for a drink and a flutter, if SkyCity's reaffirmation of its profit guidance is anything to go by.
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| | Electricity industry relaxes
By PAUL GORMAN
The nationwide winter power crisis is drawing to a close, but the industry says the South Island is not out of trouble yet.
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| | Overseas appeals to Kiwi exporters
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
A quarter of exporters have ambitions to move overseas to escape rising labour costs, a high exchange rate and increasing costs in New Zealand.
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Dominion Post |
| | Why won't ACC prosecute him? (+video)
PHIL KITCHIN
ACC has failed to prosecute a long-term beneficiary caught on video lifting boulders, cutting hedges and doing building work while claiming about $100,000 for a back injury he said stopped him from working.
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| | Leave it to the police
TRACY WATKINS
TVNZ chairman Sir John Anderson says a police investigation is needed to clear up the affair over broadcaster Tony Veitch.
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| | Buses, trains 'getting better'
KERRY WILLIAMSON
Wellington's buses and trains are failing to meet passengers' expectations of reliability and frequency – but satisfaction levels are increasing.
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| | I don't have to explain says Peters
MARTIN KAY
NZ First leader Winston Peters has begun a trip to Fiji insisting he does not have to explain contradictions about whether expatriate shipping magnate Owen Glenn made a donation to his party.
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Marlborough Express |
| | Anger over set net ban
Jo Gilbert
A set net ban imposed by the Ministry of Fisheries will result in a wide array of "losers" in Marlborough, says one member of the region's fishing industry.
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| | House prices in Marlborough falling
Jo Gilbert
The value of houses in Marlborough has fallen for the first time since the recent property boom. Quotable Value statistics released today show the average sales price in the region for June was $354,792, reflecting an annual property value growth change of -2.1 percent.
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Manawatu Standard |
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| | Sales, values dropping
By MERVYN DYKES
Two major real estate reports indicate the slowdown in property sales and values is continuing, with one of them listing Manawatu and Wanganui as the hardest hit.
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 | MP captivates lunchtime crowd
By MERVYN DYKES
Just about everyone has a few awkward moments in the first days of a new job and the Member of Parliament for Palmerston North, Steve Maharey, was no exception.
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The Nelson Mail |
 | Homeowners cut prices
By KAREN GOODGER
Nelson homeowners who are desperate to sell are losing thousands of dollars, with new figures out Monday confirming a retreat in property values.
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| | PM sees moral crisis at TVNZ on Veitch attack
Prime Minister Helen Clark says there is a "moral crisis" at TVNZ if senior managers knew presenter Tony Veitch had attacked his former partner and the state broadcaster did nothing.
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The Press |
| | On-off ACC case stalls
Phil Kitchin
ACC has failed to prosecute a long-term beneficiary caught on video lifting boulders, cutting hedges and doing building work while he claimed about $100,000 for a back injury he said stopped him working.
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| | Out in the cold with pneumonia
Katie Wylie
A North Canterbury woman is disgusted she was discharged from hospital into a snowstorm as she battled a lung infection which left her on the floor struggling for breath on her way out.
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| | TVNZ in moral crisis, says Govt
Colin Espiner Political editor
The Government has opened fire on TVNZ over the Tony Veitch affair, accusing it of a gross breach of its charter and saying the organisation is in "moral crisis".
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Southland Times |
| | Killer driver avoids jail
A young driver who killed two of his passengers while speeding, yesterday escaped a jail term when he appeared for sentencing before Judge Emma Smith in the Queenstown District Court.
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| | People warned off visiting slip area
By WILL HINE
The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday warned that foolhardy members of the public visiting a large slip above the Shotover River were putting their lives at risk but landowner John Foster described publicity about the rock slip as "flipping nuts".
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Taranaki Daily News |
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 | Water woes bite for new mum
By GRETA CLEARY greta.cleary@tnl.co.nz
Residents lined up with buckets and bottles as tankers brought fresh water into Opunake yesterday.
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| | Police crackdown targets boy racers
By FELICITY ROOKES felicity.rookes@tnl.co.nz
A major blitz by police on Friday saw New Plymouth boy racers putting their feet on the brake.
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| | Council demands container hunt
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
Three containers washed overboard on Saturday will be removed from near the entrance to Port Taranaki before they become a hazard to shipping or the environment.
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Timaru Herald |
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| | Smog levels not improving
Timaru's smog levels aren't showing any improvement, but that doesn't prove efforts to clean up the air aren't working.
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| | Tree People growing in SC
Tree People are sprouting all over South Canterbury in an effort to reduce New Zealand's carbon foot print.
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Auckland |
| | Girl snatched and 'shoved into boot'
By KIM RUSCOE
A girl snatched by a masked man from outside her family's Auckland home was shoved into the boot of a car, her cousin told police.
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 | Etched graffiti costs businesses
By ROMY UDANGA
Another form of graffiti vandalism is rearing its ugly head just as Manukau has been given the tools to clamp down on taggers.
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| | Council backs alcohol limit
By STEPHEN FORBES
Calls to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers are being backed by the Waitakere City Council.
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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 |
| | Former DHB member cleared
MARTY SHARPE
The Serious Fraud Office has cleared former Hawke's Bay District Health Board member Peter Hausmann of any wrongdoing over the awarding of health contracts.
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| | Top bid twice hospital's estimate
MARTY SHARPE
The developer facing legal action over the purchase of the former Napier Hospital site offered to pay nearly twice the property's value, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.
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| | Quiet robbers
Two men tied up Hawke's Bay country publican Robert DeVissier and robbed him of cash and cigarettes without saying a word.
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| | Gentle Annie road to be sealed
BERNARD CARPINTER
The long-awaited sealing of the Gentle Annie road between Napier and Taihape has been given the go-ahead.
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Northland |
 | Sensation just keeps singing
By DEANNA HARRIS
She is constantly singing at events, has made her own album, volunteers for St John and is only 15.
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