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Saturday 4th September, 2010

    • Massive quake damages New Zealand's Christchurch city

    Auckland News.Net

    The New Zealand city of Christchurch was extensively damaged early Saturday when it was hit by a massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake which flattened buildings, ripped up roads and cut power, water and sewage connections.

    • 7.4-magnitude quake hits New Zealand

    Auckland News.Net

    Tsunami monitoring agencies said they had detected no destructive tsunami after a deep earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck near New Zealand's South Island Friday.

    • 'Magical' process turns one kiwifruit into 100 bioplastic utensils!

    Auckland News.Net

    New Zealand researchers have performed a feat nothing less than magic, by converting one kiwifruit into 100 plastic spoons and sewage into electricity.

  • Top New Zealand golfer reveals affair with Japanese

    Auckland News.Net

    New Zealand's top golfer David Smail, who has been married for 25 years, revealed Friday that he had an affair with a Japanese woman but said he was no Tiger Woods.

  • Powerful 7.4 quake hits New Zealand's South Island

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    (Inergize Digital Media) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked much of New Zealand's South Island. No immediate tsunami alert has been issued and no injurie...

  • Auckland coach wary of Taranaki backline

    Stuff

    Auckland rugby coach Mark Anscombe says the key to beating Taranaki tomorrow will be to take their forwards out of the game. Anscombe is wary of Taranaki's backline which includes Tyson Keats, Wi...

  • Teacher deregistered over student sex

    Stuff

    A teacher who developed a sexual relationship with a depressed 16-year-old pupil has been deregistered. The relationship began last year after the man started tutoring the year 12 girl after scho...

  • Patients 'at risk' in strike

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    Patients could die as a result of strikes under way and planned for next week by hospital staff, Auckland's chief medical officer of health is warning. Radiographers are midway through a three-da...

  • 10 drivers a day caught drunk

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    Ten people a day are convicted of driving drunk on Canterbury roads, showing the message is not getting through, police say. This week police released the names of 290 drink-drivers convicted in ...

  • Capital tipped to bulge at seams

    Stuff

    Wellington is expected to be bulging at the seams as visitors arrive for the Rugby World Cup next year but officials say the city will cope. The council expects a large number of visitors to stay...

  • Farming spokesman breaches consents

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    He has publicly rejected the "nasty farmer" stereotype – but Federated Farmers spokesman John Barrow has also breached resource consents on multiple occasions at his own farm. The organisat...

  • Fulton Hogan to pay reparation for death

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    A contracting company has been ordered to pay reparation and fines totalling $180,000 after the death of a Greymouth welder. Kieran John Hudson, 22, died when a bitumen silo exploded at Fulton Ho...

  • 146ha bush block on Port Hills sold for $1

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    A large area of native bush on Christchurch's Port Hills has been preserved after a $1 sale. Philanthropists Grant and Marilyn Nelson, trustees of the Gama Foundation charitable trust, have trans...

  • Kiwi fishermen to benefit from ban

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    YOU BEAUTY: With South Australia banning the taking of crayfish during October, New Zealand fishermen are likely to be catching more crayfish next month.

  • Te Whiti's stolen mere to return to tomb

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    PRECIOUS RELIC: The greenstone mere back in the right hands after it was found buried in bush and returned to Parihaka Marae. Police are talking to a 35-year-old woman about the theft.

  • Concern over Minister and Crafar farm sale

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    Opponents of a planned sale of 16 dairy farms to a Chinese company are calling for Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson to stand aside from deciding the bid after he said concerns about foreig...

  • Stop complaints and help - foster father

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    People need to stop complaining about children going off the rails and step up to help turn their lives around, a foster father says. With Father's Day being celebrated tomorrow, a foster dad, wh...

  • Office block owners threaten market flood

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    Wellington office block owners want help to convert their buildings into rental apartments, threatening to flood a market in which there are already hundreds of vacant flats. The idea was promote...

  • Boy who's beating the odds

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    Four months ago, Jared was a typical nine-year-old boy who loved rock music, playstation and hanging out with his younger siblings Joseph and Jess. But a niggling pain in his left ankle, which ca...

  • Crisis a headache for Reserve Bank governor

    Stuff

    The global economic crisis proved a literal headache for Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard, who for the first time suffered debilitating migraines that sent him to bed for days on end. Dr Bollar...

  • Judge broke trust to avoid coverup

    Stuff

    A retired judge says he broke what was intended to be a confidence so he would not be part of a coverup of Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson's conduct. In the High Court at Wellington yesterday Sir...

  • Allied still in mess as MD Alloway quits

    Stuff

    Former Allied Farmers chairman John Loughlin says he was as surprised as anyone at the sudden resignation of managing director Rob Alloway with the company's finances still in dire straits. "I've...

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