Provides the latest RSS feeds for New Zealand News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Auckland News.net http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/cat/14d7eba4e435d135/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:51:53 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:51:53 -0400 30 New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has admitted concern over injured veteran Daniel Vettori and said there were some serious medical discussions to be had over his future. Vettori was a huge asset in the UK during the ICC Champions Trophy but struggled through with an Achilles tendon problem that has hampered him for nearly a year, and raises concern over his international career, Stuff.co.nz ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288448/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:04 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288448/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Contract signed for more Matangi trains for Wellington Thirty five more Matangi trains are on the way for Wellington following a deal signed today between the regional council and train manufacturer Hyundai-Rotem. The deal means that by the end of 2016 the region will have a single Matangi fleet for its metropolitan rail services.Fran Wilde, Chair of the Regional Council, says the contract ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288328/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:25:08 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288328/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Drivers who normally use 15th Avenue/ State highway 2A are advised to use alternative roads or expect some delays as road repairs will be undertaken from this Saturday (22 June) over the next couple of weeks, says the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).The agency says resurfacing repairs are required along 15th Avenue from Cameron Road lights, towards Fraser Street intersection to ensure the road ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288327/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:25:08 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288327/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 England secured their place in the IRB Junior World Championship final after claiming a thrilling 33-21 semi-final victory over New Zealand in France on Tuesday. The win sets up an all-British final against Wales, who had earlier beaten defending champions South Africa 18-17 in their semi-final.Four-times champions New Zealand started the game well with an early try from hooker Epalahame Falva ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288329/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:11 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288329/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A rise in spending by overseas tourists and growing dairy exports helped New Zealand's current account deficit fall by 300 million NZ dollars ($239.48 million) to 2.2 billion NZ dollars in the quarter ending March, the government statistics agency announced Wednesday."Visitors to New Zealand spent more this quarter," Statistics New Zealand acting balance of payments manager Matthew ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288123/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:05 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288123/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Luke Ronchi , who has had a torrid start with the bat for his new international team. Ronchi, who had played four ODIs for Australia in 2008 before switching countries to revive his international career, was handed the responsibility of opening for New Zealand in England - in the teams' bilateral series and the Champions Trophy - but could not cross 22 in six ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288330/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:15:44 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288330/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Lenz Superette. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times A Tauranga man who has admitted holding up the Lenz Superette with a small pistol and his face disguised by a balaclava has been freed on bail pending sentencing. Welder Brett Robert Heginbotham, 28, of Bethlehem, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery in Tauranga District Court today. Heginbotham entered the dairy just before ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288331/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:51 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288331/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Peter Dunne. Photo / Mark Mitchell The Electoral Commission has changed its rules meaning United Future will not have to provide original signed application forms to prove it has more than 500 members. The commission decided it will now accept signed and dated forms submitted to the party electronically. The party is in the process of collecting those forms and sending them to the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288332/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:50 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288332/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The stolen ute rolled and caught fire near Mamaku. Photo / Stephen Parker Rotorua police scoured Mamaku scrub for an injured driver after a burning Toyota Hilux was spotted by a passing logging truck driver. The ute was empty and there was a small fire, which the driver extinguished. It reignited and required firefighters from Rotorua Fire Brigade to bring under control. Volunteer crews from ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288333/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:49 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288333/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Mother-of-two Gail Bower's body was found in the backyard of her Havelock North home. Photo / Warren Buckland A man accused of stabbing to death his former partner in Havelock North earlier this month was allegedly breaching a protection order when police say he went to her home and murdered her. Raymond Shane Christison, 48, was found by police with cuts to his throat and wrists after he ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288334/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:48 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288334/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A married pair of counsellors at Melville High School claimed they developed PTSD after a series of student suicides and allege that the school failed to provide a safe workplace. Photo / Thinkstock A married pair of school counsellors who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after a cluster of student suicides at a Hamilton school have lost their bid for compensation. Ron and Kath ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288339/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:25 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288339/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Don Clark's boot, on display at the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North. Photo / Mark Mitchell The holy grail of rugby manuals is being sent by New Zealand to the Passchendaele Memorial Museum which is being painstakingly redeveloped in Belgium. The international New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North has agreed to lend some priceless artifacts to the Passchendaele Museum ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288340/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:22 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288340/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Dalziel To Stand For Christchurch Mayor: Labour's Loss Will Be Christchurch's Gain The Labour Leader David Shearer says Lianne Dalziel is an outstanding candidate for the Christchurch mayoralty, and Labour's loss is the city's ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287440/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:38 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287440/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tena koutou, Tena koutou katoa (Greetings to you, greetings to you all).Mr President, fellow delegates. I'm very pleased to be able to address this plenary session on behalf of the New Zealand Government.Sustainable development, employment, social protection, and social dialogue are all central to this Conference's objective of "Building a Future with Decent Work". New ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287439/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:38 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287439/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 That the Ministry of Primary Industries is sending a senior official to South East Asia following the discovery of an animal limb in imported stock feed is less than reassuring, Labour's Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.Reports released today reveal that part of an animal leg was found by a Bay Of Plenty farmer in palm kernel expeller (PKE), brought in from ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287442/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:37 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287442/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council Chair appointed ACC Minister Judith Collins has announced Mr Mark Gilbert as Chair of the Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council (MSAC). The MSAC advises ACC, on behalf of motorcyclists, how to invest funds collected through the Motorcycle Safety Levy, paid as part of the motorcycle relicensing process. "I congratulate Mr Gilbert on his appointment. Mr ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287441/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:37 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287441/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 COWs boosting patient safety Doctors and nurses are using a COW (computer on wheels) to make medicines safer for patients.Health Minister Tony Ryall visited North Shore Hospital yesterday to see first-hand how hospital doctors and nurses prescribe and administer medication electronically using mobile computers."Electronic prescribing eliminates the risk of errors such as typing in ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287444/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:36 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287444/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says a group of companies and agencies involved in the recovery have combined to share knowledge and create a winter resilience campaign, ensuring all parties know what each is doing and promising to refer those who need help on to their partners as required.In a first step, major construction companies have volunteered staff to ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287446/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:36 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287446/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Court of Appeal Judge appointed Justice Forrest Miller has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal, Attorney General Christopher Finlayson announced today.Justice Miller graduated LLB (Hons) from Otago University in 1981 and LLM from the University of Toronto in 1997. Initially he worked for the Alexandra firm Bodkins Solicitors and in 1984 moved to Wellington and commenced practice ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287445/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:36 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287445/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Otago Fish & Game Ranger Steve Dixon has just returned from a month long trip to America; visiting trout hatcheries and observing angler education programmes, along with attending kids and family fishing festivals.Dixon was the recipient of the 2013 Fish & Game New Zealand staff travel scholarship, and spent the four weeks in Missouri and Massachusetts researching programmes which ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287447/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:35 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287447/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Dunedin (Wednesday, 19 June 2013) - It looks like a week of wild weather.With snow forecast for some areas later today and tomorrow, the Dunedin City Council is reminding people to be particularly careful when driving, cycling or walking to work or school.For the most up-to-date information on local road conditions ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287443/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:35 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287443/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 19 June 2013 Conviction for near miss with container ship A near miss at sea has resulted in a commercial fisherman being found guilty in the Napier District Court today of the unsafe operation of a ship on 15 February 2012. Robert Greathead was convicted and sentenced to 100 hours community service after a 2 day defended hearing.Hawke's Bay Regional Council is responsible for ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287450/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287450/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Nearly 300 Hep A vaccines provided in Ashburton An outbreak of Hepatitis A in Ashburton has led Canterbury health officials to reissue advice on the importance of thorough hand washing. In the last four weeks in Ashburton there have been 11 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A, including four children aged under 5 years. Canterbury District Health Board's Community and Public Health ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287449/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287449/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 www.orc.govt.nz/waterinfo or by phoning 0800 426 463.Further information on flood hazard can be found in the Otago Natural Hazards Database. Flood alerts can also be received via Twitter. ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287448/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287448/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Old Waimakariri Bridge temporary closing dates changed to assist road users The Old Waimakariri Bridge repair work originally scheduled for Monday 24 June to Sunday 30 June has now been rescheduled for 15 July to 21 July 2013.The bridge will be closing for seven days to allow earthquake repair work to take place. The temporary closure period will be from 6am on Monday 15 July, reopening at ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287451/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287451/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 NZTA works impact on state highway link to Auckland airport The NZ Transport Agency advises drivers there will be day time work on Puhinui Road (State Highway 20B) starting on Monday (24 June), which will have an impact on travel to and from Auckland International Airport. Necessary improvements to highway drainage will be carried out over five consecutive days between 5am and 4pm ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287453/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287453/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Christchurch Airport is ensuring Asian visitors feel welcome through installing signage in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean - a first for any international airport in the country.Christchurch Airport chief executive Jim Boult says the new signs are part of on-going work to make the airport environment even friendlier for international visitors."As a leader in the tourism ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287452/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287452/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Kapiti-Mana Police want to locate 38-year-old Randall URE after a warrant was issued for his arrest for arson and burglary. Two weeks ago, a Doncaster Terrace residential property was set alight and Police believe URE is responsible. Police believe the man is living rough in his red 1990 Toyota Corona station wagon, registration OS4934, in the Porirua area. He is a disqualified driver and ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287456/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287456/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Council advises to leave out your wheelie bins Christchurch City Council is asking all residents in Christchurch to put their bins out as normal throughout the bad weather, as they will be collected by our contractors as soon as conditions allow.Tim Joyce, Contracts Manager for City Water and Waste Unit says, "We ask all residents to leave their bins out, as normal, and the Council ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287454/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287454/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Engagement underway with owners in Innovation Precinct Input is being sought from property owners in the area of central Christchurch's new Innovation Precinct now the planning for the Precinct is underway. Letters have been sent to the owners of property in the area designated for the Precinct to update them on the process. The Innovation Precinct, bounded by Lichfield, Tuam, High, ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287455/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287455/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 In a front page story in the current NZ Farmers Weekly (17 June 2013), prominent farming economist/consultant Phil Journeaux comments on the vastly different productivity and profitability profiles of different farms, focusing on the dairying sector.Citing Ministry of Primary Industries data from 2011/12, he notes that the top 10% of farms were 65% more profitable than the average farm, ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287458/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:31 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287458/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:56 pm Press Release: Hutt City Council HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE19 JUNE 2013 Local Alcohol Policy - make a difference!Hutt City Council is proposing to make a Hutt City Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) to give communities more of a say around the sale and supply of alcohol. Communities have until 4pm 1 July to submit their feedback.The Sale and Supply of Alcohol ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287457/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:31 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287457/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 19.06.13: Spa and wellness centres, manuka honey plantations and processed timber exports are among the long list of opportunities Grow Rotorua plans to explore to drive economic growth for the Rotorua district.Today [19 June] Grow Rotorua unveiled its plan to be a catalyst for growth, in its 2013/15 Statement of Intent, presented to the Rotorua District Council's Corporate and ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287459/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:30 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287459/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The Reserve Bank is looking at ways to bring regulatory oversight to the country's payment systems, in what is an otherwise sound financial system, the bank's head of prudential supervision Toby Fiennes says. The central bank sees the lack of regulatory oversight of New Zealand's payment and settlement systems as a problem, and what powers it does have "are blunt and poorly ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287460/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:19:19 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287460/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Former shareholders’ association chairman Bruce Sheppard wants to call 25 witnesses when he defends his allegedly defamatory allegation Hanover's Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson were "crooks" . But the defamation trial, due to start in August, is now unlikely to take place this year after Mr Sheppard was granted an adjournment at Auckland High Court today. His ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287461/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:19:11 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287461/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News Auckland Mayor Len Brown is promising changes to the city's public transport system will allow people to get around more easily. Mayor Brown officially launched a public consultation on the new network of buses and trains today which proposes running fewer bus routes but with a greater frequency. "The changes we are proposing will transform Auckland's bus ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287225/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:43 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287225/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The icy blast set to grip the country this week has snow lovers rubbing their hands in anticipation. Skifields across New Zealand are expecting fresh dumps of snow over the next few days, with some already reporting excellent conditions. A low with frosty Antarctic air is forecast to sweep the country and while MetService is warning of hazardous conditions in the South and North Island the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287462/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:42 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287462/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Jovaan Graham's body was left outside a Matamata hospital. Photo / Supplied The pair accused of abducting and bashing a 32-year-old local man in the Kaimai Ranges plan to defend the allegations at trial. Thomas McDonald, 30, and Cheyanne McCausland, 23, both from Tauranga, faced charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, injuring with intent to injure and unlawfully taking a car, ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287464/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:23 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287464/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 File photo / NZ Herald A caregiver raised the alarm after finding a 53-year-old injured in a serious assault in his Levin home this morning. Police have launched an investigation while the man lies in a serious condition at Palmerston North Hospital. The caregiver found the man injured about 8.30am and phoned emergency services. "Early indications suggest the man has been a ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287463/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:21 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287463/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A tornado reportedly touched down in Waikato for about 10 minutes this afternoon, with a local farmer sending a photograph to forecaster WeatherWatch.co.nz. The picture was taken at Paterangi, just south of Hamilton. While tornadoes weren't in the forecast today, unstable and slow conditions had led to the funnel cloud and then short-lived tornado, head analyst Philip Duncan said. It was at the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288337/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:05:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288337/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A woman was knocked out after she disturbed two people on her Bay of Plenty property early today. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said the woman was investigating noises inside her home on a rural property about 1am when she disturbed two offenders. She was assaulted and knocked unconscious. She was taken to Tauranga Hospital and treated for minor ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287214/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:46:20 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287214/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The Ministry for Primary Industries will move to strengthen import processes after part of an animal limb was found in a shipment of cattle food from overseas. MPI would send a senior manager to Malaysia today and then to Indonesia to work with authorities there after reports from inspectors who visited palm kernel expeller (PKE) meal plants in those countries, said Andrew Coleman, MPI ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288075/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:39 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288075/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A number of Te Puke school rolls have dropped as orchard workers struggle to find work in the Psa-afflicted area. Fairhaven School and Rangiuru School said their rolls had dropped in the past year because of the effect Psa had had on kiwifruit orchards. Fairhaven principal Paul Hunt said in March 2012, his roll was sitting at 388 but had dropped to 361 in March this year - a loss of 27 students. ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288336/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:36:48 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288336/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A New Zealand man has been found dead outside a house in Clermont, Queensland this morning. An Australian police spokeswoman said the 40-year-old's death was not being treated as suspicious. It is believed the man slept outside the house in freezing conditions; however police could not confirm this. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the temperature in Clermont ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287374/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:34:19 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287374/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A revolutionary way of generating wind energy exciting global media and technology blogs is already in New Zealand says Reza Sehdehi, vice president of PacificWind.The Discovery Channel website, which gets 2-5 million views a day; Geek.com, which gets 1000-10,000 views a day and the technology blog Gizmodo, which gets 10,000-100,00 views a day are amongst the big-name blogs raving about a ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286593/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:28 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286593/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:51 pm Press Release: Orcon Internet June 19, 2013Orcon Genius Go Set To Revolutionise Home Phone UseNew mobile application enables Kiwis to take home phones anywhereKiwi callers can now take their home phones anywhere - and bring down the cost of national and international calling.Orcon today launches Genius Go, an innovative new smartphone application (app) ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286594/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:27 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286594/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:28 pm Press Release: Auckland Transport 19 June 2013Mayor in the Chair in Grey LynnLen Brown will be setting up his chairs in the Grey Lynn Community Centre on Tuesday 25 June.From midday until 1pm, he is looking forward to locals from Grey Lynn and nearby areas dropping by for a quick chat about their aspirations and concerns for their community and wider ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286595/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:24 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286595/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:27 pm Press Release: Auckland Transport 19 June 2013Consultation on the New Public Transport Network kicks offThe way Aucklanders use public transport is about to change. Auckland Transport is moving to a simpler and more integrated public transport network for Auckland and the change is starting in the south.In Mangere today, Mayor Len Brown officially launched ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286598/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:24 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286598/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 < 1000) { timout = timout * 2; window.setTimeout(fix_dimensions, timout); } } window.setTimeout(fix_dimensions, timout); return result; ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286596/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:24 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286596/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tauranga Police are seeking the assistance of members of the public in relation to a home invasion at a rural property in Wairoa Road, Tauranga, which was reported to Police at approximately 1.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 June 2013.Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner stated that a female investigating noises within her dwelling on the rural property disturbed two offenders and that she was ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286597/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:23 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286597/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Best snow conditions in years' as The Remarkables celebrates opening The Remarkables ski area in Queenstown kick starts its 2013 season this ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286600/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286600/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 June 19, 2013 The distinctive sound of ukuleles will float over Queen Charlotte Sound during the weekend of July 19 to 21.That unique sound will range from concert hall performances to the first strums in a new career.The illustrious Bay Of Many Coves resort in the Marlborough Sounds is celebrating a Ukulele Blues Luxury Weekend with a performance and master class under the expert ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286599/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:22 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286599/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 REFUND POLICY NBR does not provide refunds on cancelled print or online subscriptions. Exceptions can be granted at the discretion of the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286601/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:14:47 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286601/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 the milestone of their 500th Test match . Two of the three NZ tries were instant classics. In fact, there probably won't be a better score this year than Beauden Barrett's late try under the sticks following a dazzling length-of-the-field breakout. But a performance "close to perfection" and other misty-eyed exaltations? Hardly. In fact, come to think of it, there's a ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286316/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:10:28 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286316/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker believes he has enough support to retain the job come October's local government elections, as he works to discredit Lianne Dalziel's bid for the mayoralty. Ms Dalziel, a long-time Labour Party MP, confirmed today that she would challenge Mr Parker for the job he has held since 2007, citing a need for "effective and inclusive" leadership to deal with the immensity of ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287468/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:09:55 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287468/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Thousands of ANZ customers have signed up to a class action targeting penalty fees charged by the bank. Fair Play on Fees, a campaign targeting New Zealand's registered banks, announced yesterday it would file court documents against ANZ and its subsidiary National Bank for allegedly charging customers around $250 million in penalty fees over the past six years. Penalty or exception fees ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286602/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:08 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286602/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 VIDEOS: Heavy rain causes South Island flooding An Otago skifield has delayed its opening after flooding extensively damaged access roads. Awakino Skifield in North Otago was set to open this weekend, however it is now scheduled to open next weekend after the roads have been repaired. Awakino Ski club treasurer Chris Tschepp said a similar event happened in 2010. "We had flood damage, ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286603/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:07 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286603/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News A man is in a serious condition in Palmerston North Hospital after being assaulted in Levin. The injured 53-year-old was found at his home by his caregiver at around 8.30am. "Early indications suggest the man has been a victim of a serious assault," said Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan. Police have not yet had the chance to speak to the man. A scene ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286604/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:06 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286604/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Photo / File A man accused of using his partner's baby son to shield himself from police pepper spray has been declined leave from prison to attend his grandmother's funeral. Zane Lewis, 22, is in custody following an incident on April 8 in which he allegedly held the 1-year-old in front of him to block police pepper spray before locking himself, his partner and the child ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286605/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:42 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286605/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Photo / NZ Herald A spate of break-ins at homes and businesses around Kerikeri has been halted by the arrest of three teenage boys, police say. The youths, aged 15 and 16, were allegedly involved in two burglaries on Inlet Rd and a series of break-ins last week, including at Kerikeri High School tuckshop, Kerikeri Dairy, a lunchbar on Mill Lane, the Chinese takeaways on Cobham Rd and ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286606/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:42 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286606/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 File photo / NZ Herald The Green Party's ditching of its money-printing policy is a welcome dose of pragmatism from the so-called party of principle. From the moment it was announced last October until today's back-down, the party has been beaten about the head for it by political opponents. Quite why the Greens didn't see that coming is a mystery. No one ever marched ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286607/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:28 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286607/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Photo / Thinkstock Sentencing for a drink-driver who ran over two young girls in Ohope in May has been put off so he can meet with his victims' families. Ramon Lee Hussey, 43, was due to be sentenced in the Whakatane District Court today after earlier pleading guilty to two charges of drink driving causing injury and one of driving while his licence was suspended. Sentencing ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286611/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:59 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286611/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A German driver was getting ready to eat spaghetti at the wheel when his stationwagon crashed head-on with a ute, killing him and a fellow tourist, an inquest has found. German man Onur Gulmez, 28, was travelling from Blenheim to Nelson with Frenchman Paul Joubert who was sleeping on a makeshift bed in the back of their car when the fatal smash occurred last December. Another ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287467/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:49 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287467/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest city. The violent death of Jill Meagher as she walked home from a bar last September shocked the city of Melbourne. A week later, 30,000 people took to the streets near the laneway where she was strangled to rally against violence toward women. The 29-year-old ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287110/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:28 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287110/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The Armed Offenders Squad has been called out to an incident at Kamo in Northland this afternoon. No further details were available. - ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286610/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:19:30 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215286610/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:01 pm Press Release: Green Party 19 May 2013Green Party launches new bill to make Reserve Bank more transparentThe Green Party today launched an exposure draft of new legislation to bring the Reserve Bank into the twenty-first century.The draft legislation, in the form of a Member's Bill, will make the Reserve Bank Board responsible for setting the Official ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285758/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:51 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285758/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:26 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party David ShearerLabour Leader19 June 2013Labour's loss will be Christchurch's gainThe Labour Leader David Shearer says Lianne Dalziel is an outstanding candidate for the Christchurch mayoralty, and Labour's loss is the city's gain.The Christchurch East MP has today confirmed she will stand for the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285759/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:51 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285759/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:55 pm Press Release: New Zealand National Party Scott SimpsonMP For Coromandel19 June 2013Communities have more say on alcohol salesNew laws which come into force this week give local communities a greater say on the availability of alcohol in their neighbourhoods.Coromandel MP Scott Simpson says the change will give communities the tools they need to challenge ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285760/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:50 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285760/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Coliseum Sports Media has gone public with its plan to offer all 380 2013/2014 season games of the English Premier League soccer via the internet for $149. The new company is partnering with TVNZ, which will broadcast 38 games free-to-air, in the form of a "Match of the Week" screen on Sundays 12pm to 2pm, plus a highlight show on Monday nights. ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285761/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:08:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285761/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Labour Party finance spokesman David Parker is throwing his support behind legislation enshrining parliamentary privilege, saying he doesn't want government officials threatened with defamation suits from deep-pocketed people when offering advice to ministers. Parliament's Privileges Committee last week tabled a report recommending "comprehensive legislative reform of ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285762/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:08:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285762/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group in the US is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Virginia, woman unleashed a string of expletives and called the police emergency dispatcher to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287109/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:38 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287109/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain’s package of reforms in the gaming sector do nothing to reduce the harm from gambling on pokie machines in pubs and sports clubs, Green Party gambling spokesperson Denise Roche said today.The Government’s gambling reforms are concentrated on transparency in the gaming sector and investigating how to return funds to communities from gambling ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285524/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:40 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285524/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday. The case of Rosalia, the fifth of seven children of a poor family in a slum outside La Paz, has been closely watched by Bolivians. It also drew the attention of the Boston ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287108/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:37:20 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287108/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Gambling trusts will have to return more pokie machine proceeds to the community under law changes announced by Government today. Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain said that the gambling reforms would make the non-casino gaming sector more transparent, save industry from compliance costs, and increase funding to the community. The changes were designed to complement Maori Party MP Te Ururoa ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285523/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285523/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Christchurch City Council is asking residents in the Banks Peninsula region to be mindful with water use throughout the expected bad weather over the next three days. Tim Joyce, Contracts Manager for City Water and Waste Unit says, "We ask residents to use water sparingly in the Akaroa harbour area, Pigeon Bay and Little River for the next three days. Some water reserves are nearing ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284964/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284964/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:34 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Levin man in hospital after serious assaultPolice have launched an investigation after a man was admitted to Palmerston North Hospital this morning after being seriously assaulted in Levin.The 53-year-old Levin man was found injured at his home by his caregiver around 8:30am this morning. The caregiver immediately notified ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284965/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284965/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:56 pm Press Release: Animal Health Board Media release19 June 2013 Release of wild pigs condemned The illegal release of wild pigs near a beef herd has led the farm owner to speak out about the risk they pose to bovine tuberculosis (TB) control.Wild pigs can carry TB and have the potential to infect areas in which the existing wildlife population is free of ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284961/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:17 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284961/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:26 pm Press Release: Auckland Council 19 June 2013New community centre and library for Te AtatuIt's been a long time coming, but construction of the Te Atatu Peninsula's new library and community centre will finally get underway.Consent has been granted for the $12 million project with Auckland Council planning to start work on the project before the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284963/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:17 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284963/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Volunteers are in the spotlight as Aotearoa celebrates National Volunteer Week (16-22 June 2013).Vanisa Dhiru, Chief Executive of Volunteering New Zealand says people and organisations across the nation can nominate outstanding volunteers for their commitment to their communities in a variety of ways."It's is great to see volunteers nominated for awards and thanked for their ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284962/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:17 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284962/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:21 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Jo GoodhewMinister for the Community and Voluntary Sector19 June 2013Community Internship Programme applications openApplications for the Community Internship Programme are now being accepted, says Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew."This programme funds hapu, iwi or community groups with ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284966/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:15 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284966/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:50 pm Press Release: Dowse 17 June 2013 Hutt City Council Appoints Community Arts AdvisorPippa Sanderson will take up the role of Hutt City's Community Arts Advisor, the city's primary advocate for the community arts, from Tuesday 25 June. Pippa is an experienced project manager and advocate for social change who most recently was the Community ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284967/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:15 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284967/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: Getty Images There is a call for the Government to make contraception more affordable after Statistics New Zealand revealed today that women had over 14,000 abortions last year. A total of 14,745 induced abortions were performed in New Zealand in 2012, 1118 fewer than in 2011, Statistics New Zealand said. The general abortion rate decreased from 17.3 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years in ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284968/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284968/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The 40-year-old New Zealander slept on a patio at a Clermont house, west of Rockhampton, on Tuesday night.His housemates found him dead this morning, police said.It was near on freezing in the area, with an overnight low of just 0.8 of one degree, the weather bureau said.Police said the death was not suspicious, but would not say if cold was to blame.AAP ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284867/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:40:22 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284867/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:10 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Chris TremainMinister of Internal Affairs 19 June 2013 Package of reforms planned for Class 4 gamblingInternal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain today announced a balanced package of reforms in the Class 4 (non-casino) gaming sector."There is a clear need for reform in the Class 4 sector, which is why Te Ururoa ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283884/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:57:45 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283884/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 < 1000) { timout = timout * 2; window.setTimeout(fix_dimensions, timout); } } window.setTimeout(fix_dimensions, timout); return result; ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283885/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:57:44 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283885/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Shares in Sky Network Television, the worst performing stock on New Zealand’s benchmark NZSX 50 today, slumped 6.2 percent after the pay-television company lost the rights to broadcast English Premier League football this season. Sky Network shares dropped 35 cents to $5.32, crimping its gain this year to 16 percent. Coliseum EPL Management is believed to be the new owner of rights to ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283886/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:55:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283886/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 AMP Capital Investors (New Zealand), the local unit of the Australian wealth manager, posted a 34 percent jump in fee income last year as it benefited from funds taken over from Axa Asia Pacific and improving market values. The Wellington-based funds manager had fee income of $49.1 million in calendar 2012, up from $36.8 million a year earlier, according to its financial statements. AMP ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283887/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:55:25 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283887/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Rydges Hotels and Resorts have been appointed to manage the new Latimer Hotel in Christchurch, one of two signings announced this week. The landmark building will be the first hotel to be built in the city since the devastating earthquakes of 2011 and is scheduled to open its doors on October 1, 2013. Yesterday, Rydges also revealed it was taking over management of the Sails Resort in Port ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283888/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:12 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283888/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Probe into 'Indian salaries' of $4 an hour An Auckland restaurant chain is being taken to the Employment Relations Authority after allegations it was paying its workers less than $4-an-hour. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has filed action against a total of 15 companies associated with the restaurant chain after complaints that workers were being paid around $256 ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283889/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:08 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283889/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A polar blast set to ice all of New Zealand has sent authorities scrambling to warn residents to stay indoors. The southerly blast has already sent temperatures plummeting in the deep south and will bring snow to large parts of the South Island today and tonight, even in coastal Christchurch, still mopping up after this week's deluge. Emergency refuge centres are being set up in ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284973/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:23 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284973/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell is committed to progressing the Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill despite the changes made by the Commerce Select Committee, saying that small steps in the right direction are better than no change at all. "This Bill was born out of a desire to minimise the harm of gambling on vulnerable communities, as well as ensuring the returns from ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283514/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:39:25 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283514/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 An American man accused of beating a New Zealand teacher to death has been found guilty of second degree murder. Prudence Hockley, 55, was killed on Christmas Eve 2011 by her bodybuilder boyfriend Johnnie Lee Wiggins - a convicted criminal with a history of illegal steroid use and violent and sexual offending. Ms Hockley, originally from Nelson and educated at Canterbury ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283895/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:05:51 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283895/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Labour says it remains cautious about deep-sea mining but has accused the Government of putting all its economic eggs into one basket, despite "fundamental" public opposition on the East Coast. Labour Party deputy leader Grant Robertson and list MP Moana Mackey accompanied the party's Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election candidate Meka Whaitiri to Gisborne yesterday. Ms Mackey, the party's ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288043/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288043/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A huge ocean swell forecast to hit the Gisborne coast on Friday could force the arrested bulk carrier New Giant to leave its anchorage in Poverty Bay and put out to sea for safety reasons. Marine forecasters are predicting a swell between 6 and 7.5 metres to develop offshore on Friday. The New Giant remains under arrest after receivers for the ship's South Korean owners obtained a court order to ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288112/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215288112/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wanganui High School has handed one of its rugby players a season ban for repeated punching during an under-16 game on Saturday. The Wanganui Rugby Union has also found the player guilty of violent conduct and imposed its own two-match suspension. The disciplinary action follows Saturday's game against Palmerston North High School which was marked by fights and the sending-off of a Wanganui ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287465/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215287465/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:45 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Maurice WilliamsonMinister for Land Information 19 June 2013 Media Statement LINZ Data Service a resounding successLand Information Minister Maurice Williamson says the LINZ Data Service has set the benchmark for the release of public data for reuse, innovation and enterprise. Launched in 2011, LDS provides free ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282793/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:55 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282793/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Constitutional Advisory Panel guest speaker: Bernice Mene This is a chance for disabled people to learn about the Constitution Conversation have your say hear what other people think learn how to make your own submissionYou can find out more about the Constitution Conversation ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282795/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:54 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282795/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:53 am Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Grant ROBERTSONMP for Wellington Central Iain LEES-GALLOWAYTransport Spokesperson19 June 2013 MEDIA ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282792/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:54 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282792/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The corporate world must know the public expects to call to account unjustified actions or omissions that end up killing people, Labour's Justice spokesperson and author of a Bill on corporate manslaughter, Andrew Little, says.Speaking at an aviation conference in Dunedin this morning (speech attached) Mr Little said a corporate manslaughter law, as opposed to ordinary manslaughter as ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282794/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:54 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282794/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Introduction: Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Aviation Industry Conference today.I have been asked to speak about corporate manslaughter and my Members' Bill on that issue which is presently sitting in Parliamentary ballot waiting to be drawn.I am aware that investigations into health and safety breaches in the aviation industry, especially where there is catastrophic ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282796/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:54 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282796/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 New Zealand's current account deficit narrowed as expected in the first quarter as volumes and prices of dairy exports rose and visitors spent more, lifting the balance on goods and services. The current account deficit fell to $663 million in the three months ended March 31, from a revised $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Statistics New Zealand. The annual gap ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282798/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49:37 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282798/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News A dairy farm worker has been awarded more than $40,000 in lost wages after he was sacked for allegedly dehorning cattle without anaesthetic. The Rainbow Falls Organic Farm in Northland fired farm manager Alan Rockell for "tipping" the horns of the dairy herd in May 2011 against his employer's wishes. Allegations later arose of lost production, stock losses, ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282799/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:39:35 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282799/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News A person is trapped in a vehicle after it rolled down a bank near Whangarei this morning. Emergency services are the scene on Beach Road in Onerahi. The Fire Service says the person is believed to have moderate ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282800/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:39:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282800/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News South Auckland commuters relying on public transport to get into the central city may soon have to catch trains rather than buses, according to plans for a network redesign. The proposal for a new transport network, which Mayor Len Brown will put out for public consultation this afternoon, promises to sort out many of the long-running issues about late buses and poor ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282801/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:39:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282801/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tristan Barker in the Rotorua District Court. Photo / File / Stephen Parker A Rotorua 18-year-old described as an internet troll who assaulted an Australian TV reporter has had his sentencing adjourned today. Tristan Barker - whose father Michael is a former drummer for Split Enz - appeared in the Rotorua District Court today charged with assault. His sentencing was adjourned until ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282802/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:55 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282802/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Shalvin Prasad. Photo / Supplied Two men charged with pouring petrol on a man and setting him alight have pleaded not guilty. Bryne Permal and Shivneel Kumar deny murdering Shalvin Prasad, who was found burnt to death in a rural area of south Auckland earlier this year. The pair made a brief appearance at the High Court at Auckland this morning. Their case will be heard by a jury in July next ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282803/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:54 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282803/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The principals of both schools said yesterday they were concerned the site could put pupils at risk from sexual predators. Photo / Thinkstock The principals of two Dunedin high schools are worried a Facebook page asking people to nominate a high school "babe of the day'' could put pupils at risk from sexual predators. The page, set up last week, has more than 2100 ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282813/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:39 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282813/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The number of abortions performed in 2012 was the lowest since 1995, Statistics New Zealand says. A total of 14,745 induced abortions were performed, 1118 fewer than in 2011. The data, released today, found the general abortion rate (abortions for women aged 15 to 44) decreased from 17.3 per 1000 women in 2011 to 16.1 in 2012. Statistics NZ concluded the change was due to ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283892/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:35:19 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283892/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Coliseum Sports Media is set to deliver to New Zealanders all 380 games of the English football premier league via a pay-per-view online platform. TVNZ has also confirmed it is partnering with Coliseum to present a match of the week game every Sunday on TV One from the start of the season. The channel will also broadcast an hour-long highlights show on Monday nights. Coliseum's ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285766/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285766/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The Green Party congratulates Fonterra on its decision to not accept milk from cows grazed on any new land farms - areas where oil and gas waste is spread and covered, the Green Party said today.Fonterra has released information to Radio New Zealand detailing costs of $80,000 a year to test milk from a few farms which have been used as sites for drilling waste from the oil and gas industry ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281578/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281578/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 21st Century learning reference group announced Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has today announced 14 members of a new reference group that will provide expert advice on 21st century learning environments and digital literacy in schools."The group will be chaired by Brett O'Riley and includes people who are proven leaders in technology and education," Ms Kaye ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281579/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281579/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 There's no dickheads in the SKYCITY Breakers team or working for the franchise, head coach Dean Vickerman told 300 guests at the Breaking out the Big Guns dinner on Monday.[17 June]. "The no dickhead policy - it's a very simple policy. Instead, we want to know do you put family first? Are you honest? Do you make good choices? Do you have a good work ethic? If you say ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281580/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281580/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wednesday 19 June 2013 - Electricity distributor Unison Networks is advising its customers to prepare for power outages, with high winds and snow forecast for Thursday and Friday.The Metservice has issued an advisory stating strong, cold southerlies are expected over parts of the North Island, with possible snow falls on the Central Plateau."Snowfall has the potential to cause power ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281582/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281582/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Over the next few years, Auckland Transport is moving to a simpler and more integrated public transport network for Auckland. This will deliver a New Network of buses and trains that will change the way people travel, allowing more passengers to simply 'turn up and go' rather than planning trips around a timetable. The New Network will be implemented in phases and we're ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281581/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281581/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A valid email address. All emails from the system will be sent to this address. The email address is not made public and will only be used if you wish to receive a new password or wish to receive certain news or notifications by ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281583/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:25 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281583/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: Fairfax With no sight of the offender and growing crowds confusing the scene at a late-night teen stabbing, you would think police might have had a hard time finding the attacker. But enter 4-year-old police dog Link - small for his breed, but a powerful tracker. The german shepherd, who in May came third in the national police dog championships, picked up the scent of the alleged ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281584/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:36:17 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281584/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The pair accused of burning another to death by the side of a road near Auckland will go on trial in July next year. Bryne Permal and Shivneel Kumar formally entered not guilty pleas to charges of murdering Shalvin Prasad, when they appeared in the High Court in Auckland this morning. The 21-year-old's body was found burning by a rural road in Kingseat in January. The police say Kumar ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281586/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:36:15 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281586/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: Wikipedia A chemical spill in Auckland is causing delays for commuters. Auckland Transport said there has been a chemical spill on Ponsonby Rd, opposite Williamson Ave, which has closed one of the two lanes heading towards Karangahape Rd. Emergency services are on the scene, and are advising motorists to avoid the area. Congestion has been reported in the area, and Auckland Transport ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281585/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:36:14 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281585/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Market overheating is driven by the owners of multiple properties. Photo / Dean Purcell The Reserve Bank has announced it will lift the ratio of deposits to loans in order to take the heat out of the housing market. There are a number of grounds for intervening in the housing market and the appropriate instrument to use depends on the reason for the intervention. That there is an ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281587/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:35:38 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281587/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A privileges complaint has been laid with the Speaker of Parliament over the behaviour of two veteran Labour MPs at last week's Law and Order Select Committee. Committee chairwoman Jacqui Dean is unhappy with the way Trevor Mallard and Phil Goff behaved during the appearance of Police Commissioner Peter Marshall and Deputy Commissioner Mike Bush. Labour MP Trevor Mallard stormed out of the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283893/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:47 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215283893/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Police have ruled out foul play in the case of a young Christchurch mum who died after falling from a moving vehicle. Libby Francis McKay, 27, died in hospital on Friday after sustaining severe injuries when she fell from a Toyota Hilux ute being driven by her partner, Michael Brown, who stopped immediately to summon emergency services. Mr Brown was spoken to by police and helped them with their ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282812/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:49 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282812/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The New Zealand dollar rose to a three-week high against the Australian currency after yesterday's minutes of the latest Reserve Bank of Australia meeting confirmed it is likely to cut interest rates in the future and expects the Aussie to decline further. The kiwi rose as high as 84.56 Australian cents, its highest since it touched 84.61 cents on May 29. The local currency recently ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281593/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:10 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281593/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Several hundred litres of diesel spilled on Auckland's Ponsonby Rd this morning, causing havoc for motorists. Emergency services were contacted about 8.10am after a car slid off the road and ended up on the grass at Western Park off Ponsonby Rd. Ponsonby Fire Station officer Shane Olsen said it appeared a truck had leaked fuel as it drove up Williamson Ave, onto Ponsonby Rd and ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282810/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:12 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282810/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Speech: Good Ground Real Estate Business Breakfast Venue: Outboards Restaurant, Ruakaka Tavern, WhangareiWednesday 19 June 2013, 7.45 am ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280454/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:13 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280454/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A valid email address. All emails from the system will be sent to this address. The email address is not made public and will only be used if you wish to receive a new password or wish to receive certain news or notifications by ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280455/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:52 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280455/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wellington Airport needs to double its planned 300-metre runway extension to include vital safety zones, pilots say. The airport announced in May that it would be seeking resource consent to extend the airport by 300m at a cost of $300 million to attract long-haul flights to the Wellington region. But the New Zealand Airline Pilots Association says Wellington's overshoot safety zone is ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280456/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:09 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280456/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Mark Lundy. Photo / Mark Mitchell A forensic computer expert says a virus was the reason why files on the Lundy family computer were out of order - rather than the allegation that Mark Lundy tampered with the machine to create a false alibi. The last person to use the computer was Christine Lundy who turned the machine off in her Palmerston North home at 10.52pm the night before she ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280458/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280458/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The Governments legislation being pushed through without public debate broadens the rights of New Zealand spy agencies to snoop on New Zealanders and foreigners alike. Photo / Mark Mitchell With spies lurking along each twist and turn of the internet, busily scribbling down every dot and dash of information that whooshes past, perhaps it's time to heat up the sealing wax. For less ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280459/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:31 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280459/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 If you think it's going to be cold where you are this week - just remember it could be worse. The current temperature in Antarctica, the origin of a polar blast hitting the country this week, is a glacial -38deg. Colin Arthur, a winter engineering supervisor and carpenter at Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base, took this self-portrait as he made his way back to base yesterday ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285764/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215285764/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Motorists driving over the Kaimai Ranges in Bay of Plenty are being urged to take extra care this morning, after a large amount of diesel spilled onto the road. The spill on State Highway 29 begins near Soldiers Rd on the Tauranga side and extends over the ranges and down towards Matamata. Police said the surface was extremely slippery and several vehicles had already slid off the road as a ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280464/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:25 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280464/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 -----------------------(06:33 / 2033 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets S&P/ASX 200 4,814.35 -11.53 NZSX 50 4,462.10 ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279973/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:39:31 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279973/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Subscribe to NBR Print or NBR ONLINE paid content and be in to win the all-new BMW 320i xDrive Touring valued at $83,800 For the first time in New Zealand, the BMW 3 Series Touring is now available with BMW xDrive, the world's most sophisticated all-wheel drive system. Based on the award winning 3 Series Sedan, the Touring is set to raise the bar once again, starting from just $77,800* ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279224/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:35:20 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279224/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Wall Street advanced amid optimism that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will reassure investors that the central bank will not pull back its monetary stimulus before it is satisfied with the economic outlook. In late afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.83 percent and the Nasdaq Composite ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279225/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:35:16 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279225/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News A sustained crack down by Australian Immigration officials is resulting in a record number of convicted expatriate New Zealanders being deported. New Zealanders who receive jail sentences that accumulate to 12 months or more are subject to Australia's 'character test'. If they fail the test they are then at the mercy of Australia's Immigration Minister ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278957/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:14 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278957/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: Close Up Thai police are speculating that a Dunedin-born man found dead in his apartment in the beach resort city of Pattaya may have suffered from an acute medical problem which caused him to collapse. Alan Patrick Mouncey, 38, was carrying a British passport, the Pattaya People newspaper reported. Mouncey was found dead in his third-floor apartment on Monday afternoon. He had booked ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278958/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:13 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278958/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 VIDEOS: Heavy rain causes South Island flooding Residents still grappling with flooding in the South Island are now being warned that a cold snap is about to set in. MetService reports that a "cold southerly outbreak" is likely to set in later today, with heavy snow expected to fall in parts of the South Island and severe gales predicted to hit central areas. Accordingly, a severe ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279226/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:11 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279226/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Christchurch MP Lianne Dalziel has this morning confirmed speculation that she will stand for the Christchurch mayoralty. "Well its official now - I'm running for the Christchurch Mayoralty," the long-serving MP wrote on Twitter. Dalziel, who will stand as an independent, will resign as Christchurch East MP. The 53-year-old will be challenging current mayor Bob Parker for ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279227/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:10 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279227/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Teenagers as young as 14 are arming themselves with air pistols to rob dairies and service stations around Christchurch. On Sunday, a 14- and 17-year-old were arrested after allegedly trying to hold up a dairy in Christchurch. A 14-year-old was also arrested on Monday night and charged with the aggravated robbery of the Caltex Hornby service station, where he allegedly pointed a gas pistol at the ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282808/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:19:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282808/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Heavy rain brought down a bank onto a road north of Wellington early this morning. Emergency services were called to the slip on Airlie Rd, Plimmerton, at 5.26am, police said. Trees and soil were blocking both lanes. Council workers were working to clear the scene. ---Send your weather related stories, photos or video here.--- - ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280465/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:56 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280465/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A light rail public transport system for Wellington looks to be too expensive at nearly $1b and a $207m designated bus lane system may be a better ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279801/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:42 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279801/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The number of drink drivers getting caught in parts of Christchurch has risen dramatically since the earthquakes. "In the 2011-2012 year there was a 69 per cent increase," road policing manager, Inspector Al Stewart told The Star. This was in contrast to an overall 15 per cent decrease of drink-drivers getting caught in the Canterbury area for the same period. "The reason ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284971/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:03 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215284971/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Labour MP Lianne Dalziel has confirmed she'll run for the Christchurch mayoralty. The Christchurch East MP had previously ruled out standing as mayor in the local body elections, due to be held in October. However, after much speculation, she has confirmed this morning she'll run. 'Well it's official now - I'm running for the Christchurch Mayoralty.' she tweeted. ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279233/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:52:36 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279233/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Police believe alcohol may be a factor in a crash which killed a 73-year-old woman in Northland last night. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on Whangaroa Rd, Kaeo, about 8pm. The vehicle failed to take a sharp bend before crashing down a bank and into a tree. The woman, who was driving, died at the scene. Her passenger, who police said was ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278812/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:12 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215278812/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Coach Steve Hansen is set on developing the midfield by using Ma'a Nonu and Ben Smith together. All Black coach Steve Hansen is not one to throw his weight around - not these days anyway - but he's going to find it hard to resist putting pressure on the Highlanders to use the last few weeks of Super rugby to pair Ma'a Nonu and Ben Smith together in the midfield. Nonu and Smith are expected to be ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280463/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:20 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280463/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The evidence a pathologist presented at Mark Lundy's trial on the time of death of his wife and daughter was "unreliable" and flawed", the Privy Council has heard. Lundy is appealing his life sentence with a non-parole period of 20 years for the killing of his wife Christine and daughter Amber, 7, in their Palmerston North home in August 2000. On the second day of a hearing ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276609/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:42 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276609/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The stabbing of a teenager in Porirua has ignited tensions between youths with rival gang associations. A 17-year-old was knocked unconscious and stabbed several times in the torso, arms and neck on Thursday night near the Waitangirua Mall. It is understood that he was assaulted because he was wearing a blue bandanna, the colour worn by the local Crips youth gang. Porirua is known ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276610/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:41 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276610/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Source: ONE News Ticket scalpers are cashing in on the sold-out All Blacks test match in New Plymouth this weekend. More than 23,000 tickets have been sold and those who missed out were now buying them on Trade Me, at four times the original cost. Yesterday, there were seven auctions on the site for tickets to the game. In one auction, $40 general admission tickets were selling for $175 each. ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276611/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:40 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276611/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 "One instead will need to take buyers out of the market which are not the ones we think deserve to buy affordable housing. "That means something like a law banning second property purchases, banning purchases by foreigners and forcing people to sell houses they own but are not occupying, perhaps because they are overseas." Judith Taylor, previously with property specialists ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276613/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:02 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276613/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Police said the man went into the bank with a grievance he wanted to bring to the attention of police. Photo / Sarah Ivey A bank staffer threatened with a gun during a five-hour siege at an Auckland bank returned to work yesterday and was coping well after her ordeal. The female Westpac employee, who is understood to be in a team leader's role, was at work at the Penrose branch on Monday ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276614/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:01 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276614/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Mark Lundy. Photo / Mark Mitchell Professor Knight particularly questioned Dr Pang's evidence that "absence of gastric smell" was an important factor. He considered this to be "utterly without foundation and little short of ludicrous". Examining stomach contents to estimate the time of death for Christine and Amber Lundy is deemed "so unreliable as to be of little ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276612/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:01 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276612/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Peter Dunne. Photo / Mark Mitchell United Future leader Peter Dunne will go into battle at the Electoral Commission today to try to persuade it to change its rules so he is not stripped of more than $185,000 a year in extra parliamentary funding for his party. Mr Dunne stands to lose about $186,325 a year in funding if the party cannot re-register quickly and the Speaker decides it no longer ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276615/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276615/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The temperature is expected to stay below 10C in Auckland on Friday when a cold southerly sweepes through. Photo / Dean Purcell A weather prediction chart by MetVuw out of Victoria University shows the situation over the country for tomorrow. Astorm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276631/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:35 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276631/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 United Future leader Peter Dunne says all is well in his home life as he faces the Electoral Commission today over funding for his party. Mr Dunne resigned as a minister this month after refusing to hand over emails to an inquiry into a leak of a GCSB report to Fairfax reporter Andrea Vance. Mr Dunne has denied leaking the report. Yesterday he said he did not want to comment on those events ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276630/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:34 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276630/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A body was found in a bedroom of the gutted Hamilton home. Photo / Christine Cornege A firefighter became trapped in a fatal house fire when a ceiling collapsed on top of him, pinning him to the floor. The Hamilton fireman was part of a second crew who entered the fire in the suburb of Claudelands, where a body was later discovered. Two dogs were also trapped but witnesses managed ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276634/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276634/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Paula Rebstock. Photo / NZPA The public servant suspected of embarrassing the Government by leaking sensitive documents about staff cuts to the Opposition last year is a "clerical assistant", it emerged yesterday. The public servant, who has name suppression and is known simply as "Applicant A", is fighting to prevent his alleged involvement being detailed in Paula ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276633/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:33 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276633/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tom Stilwell did not remember anything from the incident. The father of the British man who stunned the world by surviving a 15-floor fall from an Auckland high rise says the fact his son is still alive is nothing short of a miracle. Tom Stilwell, 20, is recovering in Auckland City Hospital but is out of intensive care and will make a full recovery, to the amazement and relief of his family in ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276636/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276636/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 The mechanical engineer knew the final version was a winner when his then 90-year-old grandfather perfectly separated a yolk on his first try. "That was the ultimate test, I think, the final tick we needed. He's actually only got one eye as well, so fairly unstable. But it worked first-shot, which is good proof." Once the Yolkr, which has a patent pending, was ready for sale Mr ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276635/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:32 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276635/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Colliers' analysis on house and apartment prices, median incomes, rents and mortgage payments across Auckland points to rising difficulties for first-time buyers. More than 1600 new apartment units are planned throughout suburban Auckland after a half-decade lull. From Manukau to New Lynn, Takapuna to Herne Bay, Flat Bush to Orewa, a boom has taken hold and once again people are ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276120/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:29 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276120/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to prepare for power and phone cuts in the worst storm of the winter so far. "It's going to be cold - and it's going to be ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280461/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215280461/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to prepare for power and phone cuts in the worst storm of the winter so far. "It's going to be cold - and it's going to be ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215277962/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215277962/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to prepare for power and phone cuts in the worst storm of the winter so far. "It's going to be cold - and ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279230/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215279230/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A weather prediction chart by MetVuw out of Victoria University shows the situation over the country for tomorrow. Astorm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276629/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215276629/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to prepare for power and phone cuts in the worst storm of the winter so far. "It's going to be cold - and it's going to be ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282807/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215282807/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual and powerful mix of weather systems. Civil Defence is urging people across the country, particularly those in the South Island and central North Island, to prepare for power and phone cuts in the worst storm of the winter so far. "It's going to be cold - and it's going to be ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281592/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215281592/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Stuart Hall remained stony-faced as the judge told him that although he was known to the public for his "genial personality ... there was a darker side to you". Photo / APBritain's Attorney-General is to review the 15-month jail sentence given to Stuart Hall, the disgraced BBC presenter, for a 20-year campaign of sexual abuse against young girls. Dominic Grieve's office confirmed it had received ... http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215275986/scat/14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:16 -0400 http://www.aucklandnews.net/index.php/sid/215275986/scat/14d7eba4e435d135