Key looks on bright side of rush to Australia
Prime Minister John Key says there should be no cause to worry about New Zealanders going to work in the Australian mining boom.Australia contributed to 40 per cent of the economy and New Zealand...
View ArticleConcerns over super cost are a distraction, says Joyce
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has brushed aside concerns from the left and right about the fast rising cost of superannuation, saying they are "a distraction" from the Government's growth...
View ArticleMine of opposing passions
Aorangi Kawiti is a 50-year-old grandmother from the Bay of Islands who says she doesn't want to talk.Then she starts talking and has trouble stopping.The topic is mining, which excites considerable...
View ArticleUncertainty for group behind Otara fleamarket
A community group which set up the Otara fleamarket and has run the suburb's community centre for 36 years faces an uncertain future after losing its contract with the Auckland Council.Te Puke O Tara...
View ArticleAccused tried to import 10 kids
A Nigerian man tried to bring 10 children into New Zealand in an alleged immigration and passport scam.Anthony Okechukwu Ani faces 13 charges under the Immigration Act of providing false information,...
View ArticleSoccer: Punch a painful end to years as a ref
For eight years, Len Gattsche took to the soccer field to referee games around Auckland.But one punch destroyed that - and his ability to eat solids.Mr Gattsche's jaw was broken when he was attacked on...
View ArticleVictim 'tried to help accused'
Slain veteran journalist Derek Round met the man charged with his violent murder in a gym where he trained each day.Round, 77, and Michael Umanui Werahiko, 31, met by chance at Wanganui's Club Fitness...
View ArticleThe mysteries of Citizen Yan
One thing is clear from the court decision this week in the case of William Yan he was found not guilty of immigration fraud.But precious little more is certain about who our highest-profile new...
View ArticleDetention for bowls club pokie fraudster, 79
An elderly man who ripped off $605,550 in poker machine community grants, some of which he said was for "bowling green maintenance", has been sentenced to community detention.Noel Henry Gibbons, 79, of...
View ArticleIt's New Zealand's coolest auction item
One of the coolest items ever appeared in the Otago Daily Times for sale columns this week."Iceberg piece, from one off Otago Coast. Donations over $10 to charity."The 5kg block of ice was collected...
View ArticleTelescope project a 'big win' for NZ science
A series of telescopes capable of determining how galaxies formed after the big bang will be partially hosted in New Zealand, despite a panel in March recommending the $2.5 billion project be awarded...
View ArticleChristchurch shop gutted by fire
A fire has gutted a shop in a Christchurch mall overnight.Fire services were called to the fire at Charity Barn in New Brighton Mall about 1.45am to find the building well ablaze.It took five fire...
View ArticleFire rips through Whangarei bedroom
A fire has ripped through a bedroom in a unit in Whangarei this morning.Fire services were called to the fire about 8.15am, Northern Fire Communications shift manager Nicole Bernard said.One person was...
View ArticleRena: The cover-up revealed
The disgraced container ship captain responsible for New Zealand's worst environmental maritime disaster tried to cover up shoddy seamanship by ordering records to be changed - and then kept quiet...
View ArticleSonny Bill's warning to burglar
What should have been a night of celebration for Sonny Bill Williams turned sour when he went home to find his house had been robbed.The Chiefs' star centre was instrumental in their 28-22 victory over...
View ArticleAir travel affected by fog
Thick fog has disrupted flights into and out of Auckland Airport this morning.This morning, dozens of flights either delayed, or cancelled altogether.Domestic travellers have suffered the worst of it....
View ArticleLook beyond coal, say Greens
The Green Party says new figures on the world's production of carbon dioxide show the need to phase out coal mining.The International Energy Agency says CO2 emissions reached an all-time high in 2011 -...
View ArticleOne town's export line: Kiwis to Oz
In Kaikohe, population 4100, more than a sixth of the population want to chase big pay packets in the mines of Western Australia.Six hundred people have signed to go on a database to work in the iron...
View ArticleEnglish predicts a fast future
In a decade, New Zealand will have an economy with fast productivity growth and a deep understanding of the Asian and Pacific markets, Finance Minister Bill English says.Mr English's vision for the...
View ArticleOutrage over referee death threat at kids' match
A foul-mouthed outburst and alleged death threat shocked parents and children at a Wellington junior football game.Ugly scenes erupted between a Waterside Karori AFC ref and an Island Bay United coach...
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