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 | Airports on high alert over missing girl
Border officials are on high alert as police express grave concerns for the safety of missing five-year-old Cina Ma, abducted from outside her Auckland family home.
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| | Child support dodgers owe six figure sums
By NATHAN BEAUMONT
The Government has been criticised for its "appalling" approach toward child support defaulters after it was revealed that 76 parents each owe more than $300,000.
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Technology |
 | Goofy internet dance goes global
By ASHER MOSES
A goofy dance started in a Brisbane office block has taken the world by storm and its creator, Matthew Harding, to the four corners of the globe and most places in between.
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| | RIM plans growth abroad
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd is charging ahead with international expansion plans and investments in new handsets and software to stay competitive, its co-chief executive said.
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National News |
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| | Oil companies hold firm on prices
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
Oil companies are standing by their pumps as the Automobile Association calls for a three-cent drop in petrol prices after crude oil prices dipped.
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| | Christchurch rest-home claims probed
By REBECCA TODD
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is investigating the level of care at the Villa Gardens Home and Hospital in Christchurch.
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Sport |
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| | Kiwi rower eyes famous Oxford race
By JONATHAN MILLMOW
George Bridgewater is not only eyeing a gold medal at the Olympics but also a role in the famous Oxford-Cambridge boat race.
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| | League players speak out against poll
By SAM WORTHINGTON
Star New Zealand Warriors recruit Brent Tate has rubbished a widely-read players’ poll that ranked the National Rugby League club the second least desirable to join.
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| | Tour hit by doping again, police hold Spaniard
The Tour de France was hit by doping again early today (NZ time) when Moises Duenas Nevado of the Barloworld team became the second Spaniard to test positive for the blood-boosting erythropoietin (EPO).
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World News |
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| | Colombia misused Red Cross in hostage rescue
Colombia misused the symbol of the Red Cross in this month's military rescue of politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other guerrilla-held hostages, the government said, admitting a possible violation of the rules of war.
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| | Dozens die in Egypt train crash
Thirty-seven Egyptians were killed and 38 injured when a train collided with three vehicles in northern Egypt, security sources said.
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| | Court seeks to stay US executions
The World Court ordered the United States to do all it could to halt the imminent executions of five Mexicans until the court makes a final judgment in a dispute over suspects' rights.
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Rural |
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| | Meat group drives merger
By ALAN WOOD
A red meat industry taskforce has raised hackles with its agenda of special resolutions to bring together meat processing co-operatives Silver Fern Farms (SFF) and Alliance Group.
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| | Farming lobby seeks restructuring
A major farmer lobby seeking restructuring of the nation's meat industry says it wants to force the two big South Island cooperatives, Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group, to work together.
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| | US meat companies shares jump
Shares of leading US meat companies advanced overnight due to lower corn prices, as the corn crop may not be as bad as previously feared, and to lower crude oil prices, analysts said.
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Business |
| | Investor sentiment remains low
Investor confidence remained at its lowest level in more than six years in the second quarter, hit by a slowing housing market, and weakening economic outlook, a survey showed today.
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| | Airlines investigated over price-fixing
By ROELAND van den BERGH
Three international airlines, including giants Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific, are facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to provide information for a price-fixing investigation.
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| | Bryers ordered to pay $13.6m + interest
By KRIS HALL
The High Court at Auckland has ruled that Blue Chip founder Mark Bryers broke a sale and purchase agreement with developers Consolidated Technologies Development.
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| | Oil companies hold firm on prices
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
Oil companies are standing by their pumps as the Automobile Association calls for a three-cent drop in petrol prices after crude oil prices dipped.
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Dominion Post |
 | One fewer in the ranks
EMILY WATT
It was standing room only as more than 1000 mourners remembered a slain policeman who inspired fierce loyalty and "left the world better than he found it".
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| | Capital in bid for cup finals
REBECCA PALMER
Wellington will today launch its bid for a slice of the 2011 Rugby World Cup pie, potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to the city.
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| | $23m penthouse to rule them all
It may not be only Peter Jackson's King Kong who has a head for heights in New York - the movie director is believed to have bought a $23 million penthouse in Manhattan.
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| | 'Pilgrims' vow to dob in visa agent
MATT CALMAN
Three of 39 Indian men at the centre of an immigration scandal have agreed to come forward and reveal who took their money and told them - wrongly - that they could stay.
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Marlborough Express |
| | Crowded house outrage
Maike van der Heide
Residents in a sought-after Blenheim street are furious that up to 20 people may be moving into one house in the street, turning the residence into a "glorified backpackers" and threatening the value of their own homes.
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Manawatu Standard |
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| | Rathkeale 'just devastated'
By KATIE CHAPMAN
While Feilding High School's 1st XV mourns a teammate, another team is also coming to terms with the tragedy.
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| | $6000 sought for evidence
By JODY O'CALLAGHAN
Convicted murderer Ashley Arnopp demanded $6000 from police in return for giving evidence at the trial of his co-accused, the High Court at Palmerston North heard yesterday.
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The Nelson Mail |
 | Price rises bite families
By NAOMI MITCHELL and FAIRFAX
Nelson families are facing an increasing battle to put food on the table, with new statistics showing that soaring food prices have reached an 18-year high.
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| | Network Tasman line discount up
By SALLY KIDSON
Network Tasman customers can expect a bigger line charge discount this year, just in time to take the sting out of winter power bills.
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The Press |
| | Rest-home allegations investigated
Rebecca Todd
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is investigating the level of care at the Villa Gardens Home and Hospital in Christchurch.
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| | Airports on high alert over missing girl
Border officials are on high alert as police express grave concerns for the safety of missing five-year-old Cina Ma, abducted from outside her Auckland family home.
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| | Universal allowance Govt pledge?
Colin Espiner Political editor
A universal student allowance may be one of Labour's pledges in this year's election campaign at a cost of about $728 million.
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Southland Times |
 | Students struggle to pay bills
By EVAN HARDING and NATASHA HOLLAND
A struggling Invercargill student has challenged Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson to live on a student's weekly allowance.
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 | Mob boss Te Kahu's bail bid rejected
Invercargill Mongrel Mob boss Shaun Te Kahu yesterday denied claims the city was in the middle of a gang war. Te Kahu, who faces charges of arson, aggravated burglary, intentional damage and theft, made the comments through his lawyer John Westgate during a bail hearing in the Invercargill District Court.
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Taranaki Daily News |
 | Out of the valley she ran
By LEIGHTON KEITH leighton.keith@tnl.co.nz
Endurance athlete Lisa Tamati has become the first New Zealand woman to conquer Death Valley.
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| | Race for Nats spot heats up
By ROB MAETZIG rob.maetzig@tnl.co.nz
Two prominent Taranaki men have suddenly added real colour to the race for the National Party candidacy for New Plymouth in this year's General Election.
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| | Options for extra test match seats
By RYAN EVANS ryan.evans@tnl.co.nz
Up to 2500 extra seats are likely to be added to Yarrow Stadium for September's historic All Blacks test match against Manu Samoa.
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Timaru Herald |
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 | Spotlight on metal thieves
Scrap metal seems to be the new gold for thieves but a strong network among buyers is increasing the chances of catching criminals.
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Auckland |
 | Public can help
By PIPPA O'ROURKE
Police say residents can be reassured that the kidnapping of five-year-old Cina Ma appears to be an isolated incident.
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| | Families rehoused
Twenty "vulnerable" families have been helped out of boarding houses des-cribed as squalid by Housing Minister Maryan Street.
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| | Sharp decline in property market
By JODEAL CADACIO
Declining national property values have dragged house prices down across North Shore city, says Quotable Value?s latest property market report, although popular school zones are holding up.
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 | Dangers multiplied
By SUSANA TALAGI
Raising triplets can be difficult - especially when they all have health problems.
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Central North Island |
 | Farmer hits black gold
By PHIL CAMPBELL
When you're drilling for water it's not very often you strike evolutionary gold.
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| | RDC's process draws criticism
By PHIL CAMPBELL
A proposed $2.6m super centre produced a $10m debate at the Rotorua District Council last week as the democratic process for the centre was questioned.
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| | 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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Hawke's Bay |
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| | Harbour project flounders
BERNARD CARPINTER
Developers are fighting to save the $50 million Boathaus project planned for Napier's inner harbour.
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| | Shopping centre sale a 'sign of the times'
MARTY SHARPE
The sale of Flaxmere's shopping centre to a Hong Kong businessman is a sign of things to come as foreign investors swoop on Kiwi bargains, says the head of the Property Council.
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Northland |
 | Dragon icon rocks on home
Leaving Dargaville in an old beat-up Comer van to find fortune in the big city is a far cry from where local boy Mark Williams is now.
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 | Stock hazard on SH1
By RICHARD EDMONDSON
Someone will die on State Highway 1 if authorities don’t get tough on Hokianga farmers whose livestock wander on to roads, local residents say.
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| | No way HHO says AA
By PIP COLE
Water powered cars might be a way for the future, but not just yet says the Automobile Association.
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 | Service station staff told to stay safe
By ROBYN DOWNEY
Petrol station attendants are being warned to put their own safety first after an attempted robbery at the Dargaville Caltex Service Station.
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