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 | Terror at 40,000ft (+pics)
Australian passengers have told of a terrifying mid-air emergency that left a gaping hole in the side of a Qantas plane, forcing an emergency landing in Manila.
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 | Peters lashes out in angry press conference
NZ First leader Winston Peters has angrily refused to reveal who and what the Spencer Trust is, the organisation property developer Sir Robert Jones says he gave money to.
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Technology |
 | Guide to keeping kids safe online
By CLAIRE MCENTEE
For kids, the internet is not just for fun. It's fast becoming an indispensible tool for learning and socialising.
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 | Now you can fight with Batman
Fans inspired by Batman's latest movie can bam and kapow alongside the Caped Crusader and other superheroes with the launch of the world's first licensed massively multiplayer online comic book game.
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| | Fresh Aussie Wikipedia kerfuffle
By ASHER MOSES
Australian public servants are systematically sanitising the Wikipedia entries for the country's politicians and have shown MPs how to change their entries.
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| | Taliban go hi-tech in propaganda war
The once media-shy Taliban have are using DVDs, mobile phone messages, ring-tones, emails and a website to publicise their exploits and lambast their Afghan and Western enemies, a think-tank said.
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National News |
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 | Cina Ma haunted by kidnap dreams
By KIM RUSCOE
Kidnap victim Cina Ma has been suffering "bad dreams" after being bound and gagged and locked in a walk-in wardrobe for five days, her family says.
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| | Spiral's mum defends choice of name
By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN
A Christchurch mother who named her child Spiral Cicada says the name has special meaning and it should not be lumped in with names like Sex Fruit and Fish and Chips.
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Sport |
| | Different view on Dan
By JIM KAYES
Graham Henry was cagey on it, but Robbie Deans admitted he had a few ideas how his Wallabies can shut down the All Blacks - and Dan Carter in particular.
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| | Selector dumped as Hunter-Galvan fallout continues
By CATHY WALSHE
The fallout from marathoner Liza Hunter-Galvan's initial non-selection for the Beijing Olympics continued yesterday with the dumping of track and field convenor of selectors John Bowden.
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World News |
| | Terror at 40,000ft (+pics)
Australian passengers have told of a terrifying mid-air emergency that left a gaping hole in the side of a Qantas plane, forcing an emergency landing in Manila.
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| | Dozens killed as Congo boat sinks
At least 45 people were killed and another 100 were missing after a boat sank on a remote stretch of river in Democratic Republic of Congo, a local government official said.
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| | Militants free eight captives in Pakistan
Pro-Taliban militants freed eight of the dozens of paramilitary troops and government officials they have been holding hostage for nearly two weeks in northwestern Pakistan, officials and a negotiator said.
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Rural |
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| | Falling sheep numbers put more jobs at risk
By TIM CRONSHAW
Meat & Wool New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen has warned further job losses are possible if larger-than-expected lamb and ewe losses force more meat plants to be closed.
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| | Feed shortage fears for lambing
By TIM CRONSHAW
Newborn lambs may not be as frisky as usual if there is no relief to the drought in the South Canterbury hills.
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Business |
| | BG lacks Contact buyer
By ANDREW JANES
BG Group does not have a buyer lined up for Origin Energy's stake in Contact Energy, according to its revised bidder's statement for the Australian energy company.
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| | Developer says freeze irrelevant
By DAVID WILLIAMS and MARTA STEEMAN
Jack's Point developer John Darby says the troubles at Hanover Finance are irrelevant to his large Queenstown development.
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| | Meat industry turmoil
By ALAN WOOD
In New Zealand's harsh economic winter, Silver Fern Farms has completed the hard cuts of nearly 1000 meat processing jobs, and now faces an intense graft into the spring for farmer votes.
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| | Wheels of burden
John Allard says that so far this year, the Government has bought back control of the rail network with the $665 million purchase of trains, rolling stock and ferries from Australian Toll Holdings.
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Dominion Post |
 | They tried to dig up Dad
GREER McDONALD
A Porirua man visiting his father's grave was shocked to discover his estranged family had gained consent to dig up and shift his remains, 15 years after he died.
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Marlborough Express |
| | Sparks fly over flyer
Cherie Howie
Blenheim residents who raised concerns over large numbers of vineyard workers moving into private houses have been slammed as scaremongers fuelled by self-interest.
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| | Hair, oral chemicals banned
Rose Daly
Some chemicals in hair-dye and toothpaste and the insecticide and fungicide PCP have been banned by the Environment Risk Management Authority and new labelling on cosmetics and sunscreens will come into effect next July.
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Manawatu Standard |
 | Damning probe sees new head put in resthome
By JANINE RANKIN
Infection control lapses and a lack of policy about limiting and reviewing the use of restraints on patients at Feilding's Ranfurly Manor Hospital and Rest Home have prompted the appointment of a new manager to deal with risks of serious harm.
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| | Ministry watching
Ministry watching
Ministry of Health quality and safety manager Rose Wall supports MidCentral's action over the Ranfurly home, and the ministry would watch progress.
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| | Triple trouble hits sector
By MERVYN DYKES, LEE MATTHEWS and LAURA McQUILLAN
Three waves of trouble have battered finance companies in recent times and the third one has just hit, says one of Manawatu's senior investment experts.
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 | Fun speeds up learning
By MERVYN DYKES
Palmerston North City Library's sound and vision zone turned into the sound of laughter zone during the lunch hour yesterday.
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The Nelson Mail |
 | Polytech wins $8m in funding for arts
By MARCUS STICKLEY
Nelson's reputation as a cultural centre has been boosted with $8.123 million funding for a new arts and media building at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.
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| | Male escort to face trial for blackmail
An Auckland male escort accused of flying to Nelson and using a knife to threaten another man to pay him $500 for his services will stand trial in the High Court.
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| | No guarantee PM will view protest DVD
Prime Minister Helen Clark has given no guarantee that she'll personally watch a short video made for her by a Nelson group trying to have cellphone towers banned near schools and homes.
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The Press |
| | New drug inspires hope
Katie Wylie
Canterbury Alzheimer's patients will be among the first to benefit from a breakthrough medicine now undergoing a worldwide drug trial.
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 | Jones, Peters in war of words
Phil Kitchin and Tracy Watkins
Tycoon Sir Robert Jones has accused Winston Peters of "lying" about a $25,000 political donation.
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| | Killer Sila lodges appeal
Phil Hamilton
Edgeware Road killer Lipine Sila has lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.
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| | Banker buys Ryton Station
Martin van Beynen
An English merchant banker based in Ho Chi Minh City has bought Canterbury's Ryton Station for $23.5 million.
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Southland Times |
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 | Rubbished river saved from crisis
By SEAN GILLESPIE
A potential environmental emergency following the crash of a fully laden rubbish truck into the Makarewa River on Thursday was averted with a salvage operation yesterday.
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Taranaki Daily News |
| | Govt admits it failed communities
By HARRIET PALMER harriet.palmer@tnl.co.nz
The Government has admitted that closing 15 Taranaki schools was a mistake - but that's cold comfort to communities who continue to feel as if they have had their guts ripped out.
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Auckland |
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 | Yellow jacket ban backfires
The light-hearted banter over Rodney Hide’s canary yellow jacket has come to an end after some people took the publicity stunt too "seriously".
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 | Back to school for JK
By LISA SLOAN
He has played countless matches, coached international teams and appeared on national television advertisements.
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Hawke's Bay |
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| | Motor camp land at mercy of the sea
MARTY SHARPE
The Clifton Motor Camp near Hastings has already lost 12 metres of land to the sea this year and manager Mal Gudgeon is bracing to lose more his weekend.
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| | Drink-driver an easy arrest
MARTY SHARPE
A Napier woman who was twice the legal drink-drive limit handed police one of their easiest arrests when she drove to the police station and walked in the front door.
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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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 | Whale sighting right rare
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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