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Top Stories |
| | Hanover investors in limbo
By DAVID HARGREAVES, MICHAEL FIELD and DENISE McNABB
Investors in Hanover Finance are in for a three-week wait to find out how much of their more than $500 million they will get back, and how much money the company's multimillionaire owners will inject.
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| | Jones gave $25,000 to NZ First
Winston Peters faces mounting pressure over undeclared NZ First donations amid revelations that Sir Robert Jones gave the party $25,000 — which was banked into a trust administered by Mr Peters’ brother.
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Technology |
| | Apple's MobileMe meltdown
By ASHER MOSES
The launch of Apple's MobileMe service has become a complete shambles with widespread problems forcing the company to give away one month of free service for the second time in as many weeks.
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| | Security warning over patient files
By RUTH HILL
A hacker who "tagged" medical centre websites, including one in Wellington, could have gone on to gain access to patients' records, a computer security expert says.
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| | Yahoo profit falls 19pc
Yahoo has posted a nearly 19 per cent fall in net profit, and net revenue short of lowered Wall Street expectations, as it faced a weakening economy and the distraction of Microsoft's pursuit.
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| | Vodafone hit by downturn
Vodafone has cut its revenue outlook, knocking confidence in the telecoms sector and dragging down shares in European rival Telefonica and supplier Ericsson.
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National News |
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| | Escaper fled police station via front door
By MARTY SHARPE
Escaped convict Jayden Conroy was caught by Napier police, but when they left his cell door unlocked he opened it and strolled out the front door of the police station.
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| | Dog owner meets mauled victim
The owner of four pig dogs which badly mauled a young Waihou boy has met the 13-year-old victim and his mother to apologise.
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Sport |
| | 'Roo-bie' Deans fails Matilda quiz
By GREER McDONALD
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is yet to tie his Aussie lingo down, failing to recite the words of Waltzing Matilda during a live radio interview.
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| | No pre-match hugs for Deans
By RICHARD KNOWLER
There will be no love-in meetings between Robbie Deans and the All Blacks before the Bledisloe Cup test.
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| | Numbers game as NRL finals battle heats up
It's the time of year when all that stands between dreams of NRL glory and finals oblivion is mathematical probability, so much so that even the Bulldogs remain a top eight hopeful.
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| | Rookie Kahui ready for anyone
By JIM KAYES
Wallaby fans weren't the only ones disappointed to see skipper Stirling Mortlock ruled out of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.
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World News |
| | 'Fake-death' canoe couple jailed
A woman who helped fake her husband's death in a canoeing accident has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for her part in a daring scam that deceived even the couple's children.
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| | Bin Laden happy with 9/11 toll, court told
Osama bin Laden's driver overheard the al Qaeda leader saying he was happy about the death toll in the September 11 attacks and thought the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was shot down, according to one of the driver's interrogators.
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| | Four die in Swiss plane crash
A small aeroplane crashed on Wednesday in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, killing all four people on board, local police said.
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Rural |
| | Job cuts the last, promises meat firm
By ALAN WOOD
Industry cooperation could be back on the agenda after Silver Fern Farms yesterday ended its campaign of closing chains and meatworks.
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| | Firm boosts pig breeding for human implants
By KENT ATKINSON
A biotech entrepreneur seeking ministerial approval of Auckland experiments to implant pig tissues in diabetes patients is ramping up its production of piglets to kill for transplant tissue.
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Business |
| | Hanover investors in limbo
By DAVID HARGREAVES, MICHAEL FIELD and DENISE McNABB
Investors in Hanover Finance are in for a three-week wait to find out how much of their more than $500 million they will get back, and how much money the company's multimillionaire owners will inject.
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| | NZ cities climbing the price ladder
Auckland and Wellington have become comparatively more expensive places for overseas companies to do business, largely due to currency fluctuations.
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| | Fonterra's rethink has 1000 ideas
By ANDREW JANES
About 1000 Fonterra shareholders have taken the chance to have their say on changing the co-op's capital structure.
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| | Will he cut or won't he?
By ROELAND van den BERGH
The Reserve Bank's fence is sagging under the weight of economists and traders punting one way, but hedging their bets on the other as to whether the central bank will cut interest rates today.
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Dominion Post |
 | High tide on the highway
KAY BLUNDELL and BRITTON BROUN
Massive waves hurled debris over roads and almost dragged a man to his death while slips and flooding closed roads in the lower North Island.
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| | Jones gave $25,000 to NZ First
Winston Peters faces mounting pressure over undeclared NZ First donations amid revelations that Sir Robert Jones gave the party $25,000 — which was banked into a trust administered by Mr Peters’ brother.
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| | Barlow wants to clear name
KERRY WILLIAMSON and BRITTON BROUN
In less than three months, convicted double murderer John Barlow could walk from prison a free man.
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| | Hanover investors in limbo
DAVID HARGREAVES, MICHAEL FIELD and DENISE McNABB
Investors in Hanover Finance are in for a three-week wait to find out how much of their more than $500 million they will get back, and how much money the company's multimillionaire owners will inject.
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Marlborough Express |
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Manawatu Standard |
 | Jury finds Gilling guilty of murder
By JODY O'CALLAGHAN
There was nothing more than a drop of his head when a jury found Andre Gilling, 18, guilty of murder in the High Court in Palmerston North last night.
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 | Verdict relief for family
By JODY O'CALLAGHAN
Waipouri's first memory of her brother is of him going to the dairy near their South Auckland home to get milk for the family and returning with a stray puppy.
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| | Cannibalism questions unanswered
By MICHAEL CUMMINGS
The role Andre Gilling played in the vicious slaying of Stanley Waipouri was decided by a jury last night, but one disturbing question remains unanswered: was Mr Waipouri also the victim of cannibalism?
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The Nelson Mail |
| | Hanover Finance freezes repayments
By DAVID HARGREAVES and MICHAEL FIELD
Large, high profile Hanover Finance, has become the latest casualty of the finance company sector meltdown.
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| | Dementia spike tipped
By TOM HUNT and FAIRFAX
Alarming new statistics have revealed a projected doubling of dementia cases by 2026, hitting hardest in places with large elderly populations, such as the Nelson region.
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| | Lawyer opts for silence on Ashton case rebuke
Nelson lawyer Mark Dollimore is declining to respond to criticism by Justice Minister Annette King in Parliament on Tuesday over him not telling a court the true identity of a man who went on to kill Hope woman Debbie Ashton in a car crash.
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| | Erma review of methyl bromide welcomed
By MARCUS STICKLEY and FAIRFAX
A review of the use of the controversial fumigant methyl bromide at ports has been welcomed by a Nelson group opposed to the use of toxic sprays.
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The Press |
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| | Bob Jones gave NZ First $25,000
By Phil Kitchin
Winston Peters faces mounting pressure over undeclared NZ First donations amid revelations Sir Robert Jones gave the party $25,000 with the money instead banked into a trust administered by Peters' brother, Wayne.
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| | Interim manager appointed for rest home
By Rebecca Todd
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has appointed a temporary manager to oversee Christchurch rest home Villa Gardens after questions about its standard of care.
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Southland Times |
 | Mayor's costume too racy for city bar
By EVAN HARDING
Invercargill Mayor Mayor Tim Shadbolt and his partner Asha Dutt were refused entry to an inner-city bar -- because they were dressed to kill.
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| | ICC charged by ES over Clifton stink
By JARED MORGAN
Continuing stench from the Clifton wastewater treatment plant has landed the Invercargill City Council in court in an unprecedented move by Environment Southland.
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 | St John officers set to protest
By BRUCE FRASER in Te Anau
Nine senior volunteer ambulance officers are preparing to take up to three months' leave of absence in protest at moves for a fulltime paid St John officer in Te Anau.
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Taranaki Daily News |
| | Court orders name change
By GLENN McLEAN glenn.mclean@tnl.co.nz
Some Taranaki parents have been branded child abusers because of the bizarre names they are giving their children.
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| | Cigarette twins may have moved on
By HARRIET PALMER harriet.palmer@tnl.co.nz
The trend in weird children's names appears to be dropping off, Taranaki school principals say.
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| | Police probe missing funds
By LEIGHTON KEITH leighton.keith@tnl.co.nz
Police are now investigating the alleged misappropriation of more than $200,000 from Surf Life Saving Taranaki.
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 | Storm surge batters coastline
By JAYNE HULBERT jayne.hulbert@tnl.co.nz
Big sea swells forced the closure of part of the coastal walkway yesterday, while Port Taranaki recorded waves as high as 11m a couple of kilometres off shore.
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Auckland |
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 | Mayor Brown 'will be back'
By ROMY UDANGA
Mayor Len Brown has emerged from his two triple heart bypass operations stouter of heart, mind and spirit.
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| | Waitakere body remains a mystery
By LEANNE WARR
Police are winding down efforts to identify the remains of a man found in the Waitakere Ranges earlier this year.
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| | Peter Blake centre faces closure
By MICHELLE LOTTER
The Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre is under threat of closure, partly because of the recent tragedy which claimed the lives of six Elim College students.
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Central North Island |
 | World Cup makes a visit to Rotorua
By PHIL CAMPBELL
Question: Which trophy weighs several kilograms, was made in Birmingham, is valued at $10,000 and will be targeted by dozens of nations later this year?
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Hawke's Bay |
| | Surfer fined $200 for wave rage
MARTY SHARPE
A surfer charged with assault over a wave rage incident in Hawke's Bay has been granted diversion after apologising to his victim and donating $200 to an anger management course.
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| | Escaper fled police via front door
MARTY SHARPE
Escaped convict Jayden Conroy was caught by Napier police, but when they left his cell door unlocked he opened it and strolled out the front door of the police station.
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Northland |
 | Brown promises vibrant basin
A promise has been made by Far North mayor Wayne Brown that the council will work with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust to achieve a bustling Stone Store Basin.
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| | Education is the answer
By RICHARD EDMONDSON
A skilled and innovative workforce will drive the growth of a high value economy in the Far North boosting wages and raising living standards.
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Rare sightings of southern right whales in Northland coastal waters have prompted fresh calls for the public to look out for the nationally endangered whale.
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