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Call for faster action on youth driving
Stuff.co.nz
An emergency doctor is calling on the Government to fast-track tougher licensing restrictions for young drivers after a teenager wagging school was killed when her mate's car crashed. ...
Teenager killed in Kapiti Coast crashTVNZ
One killed and five injured in Kapiti crashNew Zealand Herald
Teens were on back of ute in fatal crashNewstalk ZB
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Stuff.co.nz
Knife slaying part of a disturbing trend
Stuff.co.nz
STABBING: Shannon David Boyes-Warren (right), 17, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Abdulrahman Ikhtiari. His accomplice Randell Wiremu Legion Brown (left), 20, was sentenced to five years six months ...
Taxi killers to be sentencedTVNZ
Christchurch taxi driver killers: 'too drunk to remember'3News
Teen jailed for life for taxi driver killingNewstalk ZB
NZ City -Voxy -Sify
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Stuff.co.nz
biscuits 'just look different'
Stuff.co.nz
HALF BAKED: Sophia Crestani is not happy because the Girls Guide Biscuits are not as good as previous years. Their bakers swear they taste the same as ever, but the fundraising biscuits have left a ...
Girl Guide biscuits still hit spotSouthland Times
Problem confirmed with Girl Guide biscuitsTVNZ
Biscuits unshapely but taste the sameNewstalk ZB
3News -Stuff.co.nz
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Funding cuts in education cause alarm
New Zealand Herald
Funding cuts in the Education Ministry will negatively affect education quality because there will be less research and less teacher and curriculum development, says Labour's education spokesman, Trevor Mallard. Education Minister Anne Tolley said ...
$25m cut spells big job lossesStuff.co.nz
Redundancies Inevitable At Education Ministryguide2.co.nz
Education Ministry chief warns of redundanciesRadio New Zealand
Newstalk ZB -3News -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Car ploughs into cop station
New Zealand Herald
A man crashed a car into a police station yesterday, narrowly missing staff at its front counter and people waiting inside the foyer, then tried to fight off staff who were trying to get him out of the vehicle. ...
Car smashes into police stationRadio New Zealand
Car deliberately smashed into police stationNewstalk ZB
Hamilton Police offers victim supportOtago Daily Times
3News -New Zealand Police (press release)
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Ballet and rugby under one roof
New Zealand Herald
Dozens of directors who run Auckland's cultural and sporting facilities look set to be dumped by the Government for a handful of directors to control everything from ballet in the Aotea Centre to rugby fixtures at ...
Council Controlled Organisations Not Rodney Controlled OrganisationsVoxy
Auckland under attackStuff.co.nz (blog)
Ratepayers being cut out of loopNew Zealand Herald

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Inside the flat of taxi murder suspect
New Zealand Herald
A former flatmate of the man suspected of killing taxi driver Hiren Mohini talks in the flat they shared. Photo / Steven McNicholl The man suspected of killing an Auckland taxi driver told his flatmates in the days ...
Mohini Homicide Suppression OrderVoxy

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New Zealand Herald
Tertiary education set to receive shake up
TVNZ
Slacking students, nonsense courses and student loans are all in the government's sights as the new Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce makes his mark. Joyce is promising to cut funding to tertiary institutes with poor pass results, ...
Cutting tertiary courses will hurt Maori - SharplesRadio New Zealand
No plans to cut courses - JoyceOtago Daily Times
courses face the chopStuff.co.nz
Newstalk ZB -Voxy -New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Carter launches whaling petition
Newstalk ZB
Labour is convinced John Key might be swayed by an online petition against commercial whaling. Foreign affairs spokesman Chris Carter has launched the petition on his own web page, in the belief that public pressure is the only way to stop the ...
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Whaling proposal no sell-out, it's realismNew Zealand Herald
Petition against restart of commercial whaling3News
Aussies' approach to whaling 'differs' to ours'Stuff.co.nz
TVNZ -Scoop.co.nz (press release) -Voxy
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3News
Waiouru medal loss 'regrettable'
Radio New Zealand
The Returned and Services Association says it still has faith in security measures at Waiouru Army Museum, despite the loss of more medals. Two sets of World War I medals gifted to the Waiouru Army Museum in 1979 and 1984 were found to be missing in ...
Army museum admits more medals missingOtago Daily Times
Army "shamefaced" over missing medalsNewstalk ZB
More medals vanish from Waiouru Army MuseumStuff.co.nz
Newstalk ZB
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New Zealand Herald
Two guilty of intellectually disabled woman's death
Stuff.co.nz
Two south Auckland caregivers have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an intellectually impaired woman in their care. Joseph Proude, 47, and Here Teinakirai, 53, both denied the manslaughter as a result of an assault of Patricia Joseph, ...
Pair guilty of disabled woman's manslaughterNew Zealand Herald
Guilty verdicts in caregiver manslaughter caseRadio New Zealand
Caregiver jury retiresNew Zealand Herald

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India Talkies
Government lifts sales pitch for rich migrant investors
National Business Review
The Government is ramping up its sales pitch for migrant investors and creating a wealthy retirement category after changes to the rules last brought in $18 million, with another $51 million possibly on the way. Now investors with $10 million can get ...
New visa types aimed at foreign retireesRadio New Zealand
Coleman: No need to limit student entryNew Zealand Herald
Temporary migrants using student visa to extend stay in New ZealandOneindia
Voxy -The Australian -Visa Bureau
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Smart meters here to stay for consumers
Newstalk ZB
People will just have to go with the flow and accept it if electricity companies impose smart meters on them, according to Consumer New Zealand spokeswoman Sue Chetwin. The Energy Minister has given the go ahead for the installation of the smart meters ...
Regulation of smart meters ruled outStuff.co.nz
Government decides against smart meter regulationRadio New Zealand
Minister OKs 'dumb' smart metersNational Business Review
Voxy -EFF (blog) -New York Times (blog)
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3News
Activists' spy base mission plan revealed
Stuff.co.nz
A man on trial for attacking the Waihopai spy base has told Wellington District Court how he and two fellow activists planned and executed their mission. Adrian Leason is accused with Peter Murnane and Sam Land of slashing the inflatable dome covering ...
Waihopai Ploughares Trial: Day TwoScoop.co.nz
Day One of the Waihopai Ploughshares trialScoop.co.nz

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Fire a threat to power
Marlborough Express
Firefighters in Christchurch will spend today dampening down hotspots after a suspicious scrub fire threatened the power supply to the top of the South Island yesterday. Fire crews were alerted yesterday ...
Blaze underscores region's high fire riskStuff.co.nz
Second Chch blaze has fire service worriedTVNZ
Canterbury fire controlledRadio New Zealand
Otago Daily Times -Voxy -Stuff.co.nz
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New Zealand Herald
Motorists ignored hit-and-run victim's pleas for help
New Zealand Herald
The victim of an alleged hit-and-run aggravated robbery was left lying on the side of the road with his pleas for help ignored by passing motorists, police say. Detective Senior Sergeant Karl Thornton of the Hamilton CIB said the man, ...
Concern over missing Rotorua teenTVNZ
Trio rob hit-and-run victimStuff.co.nz

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One killed in crash on Kapiti Coast
Stuff.co.nz
LATEST: One person is dead and several are injured after a car accident near Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast. The accident happened around 9.15am this morning on Maungakotukutuku Rd, inland from State Highway 1. ...

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3News
Tasman rower on homeward stretch
Stuff.co.nz
Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey says he is on the homeward stretch and hopes to make land in New Zealand within the next five days. "I've rowed over 3000km on this trip and I've got 390km to go so I'm pretty confident I'll be able to crack it," he ...
Sperm whale shadowed trans-Tasman rowerABC Online
Kiwi rower fights tough winds in TasmanNewstalk ZB
Strong winds push trans-Tasman rower off courseRadio New Zealand
Northern Advocate -Taranaki Daily News -Earthtimes (press release)
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3News
Police officer admits drink driving
Stuff.co.nz
A Whangarei police officer, responsible for training new recruits, was found driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit in his system, a court was told. Senior Constable Ross Kneebone, 53, pleaded guilty in Whangarei District Court this week to ...
Police drink-driver asks for dischargeNew Zealand Herald
Guilty plea for drink driving police officerNewstalk ZB

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Power cut to central Wellington
The Dominion Post
Commuters were left confused and Parliament was plunged into darkness when a power cut hit central Wellington yesterday. Areas in the central business district, Parliament and the Beehive lost power about 4.30pm after a fault on an underground cable. ...
Power back on in Wellington CBDRadio New Zealand
Power back on in central WellingtonStuff.co.nz
Power Restored To Wellington CBDVoxy

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