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Drunken London Waitangi Day claim defended
Stuff.co.nz
About 4000 Kiwis took to the streets to celebrate Waitangi Day in London, moving from one pub to another. What do you think of the Waitangi Day pub crawl in London? The expat who complained about New Zealanders drunk and shameful display at the ...
'Heart-breaking': pub crawl organiser denies bringing shame on New ZealandSydney Morning Herald
London expats: Kiwis behaving badly? Not us!New Zealand Herald
Criticism of Kiwi pub crawl 'ill founded'Marlborough Express
Southland Times -3News NZ -Radio New Zealand
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The Age
Political round-up: February 7
New Zealand Herald
By Bryce Edwards Though protesters came out in full force, their actions ended peacefully upon arriving at the flagpole. Photo / NZ Herald Having talked up the possibility of conflict at Waitangi for a week, commentators can't seem to agree whether the ...
Legal threat over asset salesTVNZ
Key confident in face of Waitangi court caseStuff.co.nz
Water ownership a no brainer - KeyNewstalk ZB
Radio New Zealand -3News NZ (blog)
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Stuff.co.nz
Mayor 'understands' protest
Stuff.co.nz
Kapiti's Mayor says she has got the message after more than 300 protesters vented their frustration at a pay rise for the council's chief executive. "We understand what people are saying. And I can understand people being upset about the pay catch-up ...
First Christchurch, now Kapiti protests council pay riseTVNZ
Protest at pay rise in KapitiRadio New Zealand

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The Nelson Mail
Gadsby sentenced to community service
NZ City
Christchurch comedian Jon Gadsby has been sentenced to supervision and community service for his fourth drink driving conviction. Christchurch comedian Jon Gadsby has been sentenced to supervision and community service for his fourth drink driving ...
Gadsby 'named and shamed'New Zealand Herald
Drink driving Jon Gadsby avoids jail sentenceTVNZ
Community service sentence for comedianRadio New Zealand
The Press -MSN NZ News -Courtnews.co.nz
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3News NZ
Three year sentence for father of abused girl
TVNZ
A West Auckland man has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to child abuse charges in a case that shocked New Zealand and sparked a national inquiry. The 33-year-old man pleaded guilty in November to the charges - ones of assault, ...
Dad jailed over child abuse that shocked NZStuff.co.nz
Dad jailed for torture of daughterNew Zealand Herald
Father jailed for torturing daughterNewstalk ZB
NZ City -Radio New Zealand -3News NZ
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Gay NZ
NZ renews calls for UN intervention in Syria
New Zealand Herald
The coffins of the victims who were killed by the bombardment of mortars and rockets at the weekend. Photo / AP New Zealand has renewed its calls for the United Nations to try to put a stop to the Syrian crisis. Violence has escalated in Syria in ...
Syrian killings condemned by NZRadio New Zealand
NZ support for glbt rights in Commonwealth clarifiedGay NZ

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Manawatu Standard
Sting victim had just left Manawatu
Manawatu Standard
MUCH LOVED: Craig Wilson with a picture of his uncle Morris Stretch who died in a wasp attack on Saturday. The Palmerston North man who died after being stung to death by a swarm of wasps had recently left Manawatu to start a new chapter of his life.
Wasp safeguards routine in SoundsMarlborough Express
Threat worse in Nelson LakesNelson Mail
Man killed by wasps helped save his nephewNew Zealand Herald
Stuff.co.nz -3News NZ -Radio New Zealand
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3News NZ
Hundreds netted as police set drug test
Manawatu Standard
Dreamy, clammy, drooling or over-emotional – the tell-tale signs of a drugged driver have led to hundreds of people being caught since new laws were introduced. Figures released to Fairfax under the Official Information Act show 514 people appeared ...
Drug driving tests catch hundreds3News NZ

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Scene Queenstown
Man stabbed with hotel light bulb - police
TVNZ
A man was allegedly stabbed with a broken light bulb from a hotel room lamp in Queenstown. A 21-year-old man was treated at Lakes District Hospital for wounds to his torso and legs after the alleged incident in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Man stabbed with broken light bulbStuff.co.nz
Teen arrested after Q'town lightbulb stabbingNew Zealand Herald
Light bulb used in Queenstown stabbingNewstalk ZB
Southland Times -Scene Queenstown
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3News NZ
Murder charge laid after man dies at flats
TVNZ
A man has been charged with the murder of a man found critically injured on a walkway of a block of flats in Hamilton. Emergency services were called to the flats on Wha St in the suburb of Frankton yesterday after reports of a man being assaulted ...
Murder charge after body found in Hamilton flat3News NZ
Murder charge laid after Hamilton flat deathNew Zealand Herald
Man charged with murderRadio New Zealand
Otago Daily Times -NZ City -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Stuff.co.nz
Solider jokes after waking from coma
Newstalk ZB
The soldier who collapsed during an SAS recruitment process is now strong enough to share a joke. Lieutenant Alexander Teira Cowan woke up over the weekend from a coma after collapsing during an 8km run in the Hunua Ranges last month.
Doctors seek clues to SAS recruit's illnessNew Zealand Herald
Soldier talking to family after waking from comaOtago Daily Times
Soldier who collapsed during SAS trial wakesStuff.co.nz
TVNZ -3News NZ -Hawke's Bay Today
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The Press
Swimmer conquers Lake Wakatipu challenge
The Press
ONE STROKE AT A TIME: Ben Campbell-MacDonald conquers New Zealand's longest lake swim on Saturday. New Zealand's longest lake swim was conquered by a marathon, almost day-long ordeal that induced hypothermia, even under layers of wetsuit, thermals and ...
Lake Wakatipu conquered in marathon swimMSN NZ News
Swimming: Wellington man swims Lake WakatipuNew Zealand Herald

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3News NZ
Five-star quake rating proposed for buildings
Newstalk ZB
It's hoped a five-star system to rate the quake safety of buildings comes into force soon. The Quake Star Project, which has the backing of the Earthquake Engineering Society, is based on a concept developed in California. The man behind it, ...
Ratings mooted for quake safety of buildingsRadio New Zealand
New rating system for buildings' quake safetyTVNZ
New system designed to rate quake-safe buildings3News NZ
Marlborough Express -The Press
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Toilets could solve prostitute problem
Newstalk ZB
The Christchurch City Council is considering investing in temporary toilet facilities in a bid to lure prostitutes away from a particular part of the city. The closure of the central city has seen sex workers drift across Bealey Avenue to the northern, ...
'Persuasion' plan for prostitutesStuff.co.nz

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Landlord forced to evict 'commercial' welfare group
TVNZ
A landlord has been forced by his insurance company to evict a Christchurch welfare group. Landlord John Hunter was told by AMI Insurance that his tenant, Anglican Social Services, was a "commercial activity" and so his building could not be insured.

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Scoop.co.nz
Today in politics: Tuesday, February 7
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Prime Minister John Key congratulated the Queen on her diamond jubilee yesterday. The Queen's ascendancy to the throne in 1952 coincided with Waitangi Day, and Mr Key took the opportunity of an early start at Waitangi's dawn ceremony to get in his ...
Manawatu Gorge closure 'affecting businesses'TVNZ
Gorge closure costing local economy $60000 a day - MPNew Zealand Herald
Brownlee is Manawatu Gorge “roadblock,” says LabourScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Murderer up for parole
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On the 12th anniversary of the day his daughter's body was found, Doug Blakie is having to prepare submissions to keep her killer in jail, with a parole hearing to be held for Timothy Taylor in two weeks. Twenty-year-old Lisa Blakie's strangled body ...

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3News NZ
Kauri trees show La Nina future in new research
3News NZ
The reason we have rotten summer is largely due to the La Niña conditions, where we experience the blustery damp weather compared to that of El Niño's long hot and dry spells. New research by the University of Auckland suggests we should probably get ...
Tree rings show extreme weather on the riseABC Online
Say goodbye to the classic Kiwi summerNew Zealand Herald
Kauri study forecasts more extreme weatherRadio New Zealand
Stuff.co.nz -Herald Sun
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3News NZ
Duchess Kate to follow Queen's royal lessons
Times of India
The Duchess of Cambridge is being offered a series of "training sessions" by the Queen of England herself, to enable her to take on solo engagements that are coming her way. The Duchess will have to attend social obligations alone as Prince William is ...
Prince Charles to visit NZ this yearOtago Daily Times
Royal visit confirmed for NovemberTVNZ
Kate Middleton to join the Queen on two Diamond Jubilee engagementsstv.tv
3News NZ -New Zealand Herald
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Nelson pedestrian fatally struck by car named
New Zealand Herald
Police have released the name of the Nelson pedestrian who was struck by a car early on Saturday morning as he was walking home. He was 31-year-old Adam Lewis Wastney of Nelson. At around 3.50 Mr Wastney was walking in the northbound lane when he was ...

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