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Four arrests after armed robbery pursuit
Photo/File Four people have been arrested after an armed robbery at a South Auckland pub last night. Police were called to the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill after the robbery about 11pm. The offenders fled in a stolen vehicle but were spotted by police staff who were en route to the robbery. Police gave chase but the pursuit was abandoned. The stolen vehicle was found ...
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Man faces charges after Tokoroa assault
A man has been arrested on a driving charge after a woman was seriously injured when she was dragged by a car in Waikato on Saturday.The Rotorua woman suffered leg, head and other injuries after trying to escape from the car, and remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital.Police have arrested a 26-year-old man who will appear in Tokoroa District Court on Monday.He has been charged with ...
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Erakovic loses Strasbourg doubles final
Kiwi tennis player Marina Erakovic and Zimbabwe's Cara Black fell short in a tense tiebreaker to lose the doubles final at the Strasbourg ...
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Stacy Keibler wants to star in romantic comedies.
She told the Metro newspaper: "Romantic comedies are more my speed. I feel like that's more my personality."I'm usually happy, smiling, joking and having a good time so I think those kind of roles suit me. Comedy and dramedy is what I'm better at."The striking star has had small guest parts in 'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Men at Work', but is ...
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Kiwi Schmidt leaves Leinster on a high
New Zealander Joe Schmidt ended three successful years with Irish club Leinster on a high by winning the Celtic League final 24-18 over Ulster.The Dublin triumph followed victory in the second-tier European Challenge Cup final two weeks ago for Schmidt, who will leave to take up the reins as Ireland national coach.Schimdt led Leinster to two European Cup titles in his first two seasons in ...
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Rochelle Humes baby is absolutely beautiful.
The Saturdays star gave birth to daughter Alaia-Mai Humes - her first child with JLS singer Marvin Humes - on Monday and bandmate Una Healy has revealed the couple's new arrival takes after her stunning ...
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LeAnn Rimes prays for forgiveness every day for having an affair with Eddie Cibrian.
The 30-year-old singer admits she's so guilt ridden by the 2009 infidelity that ended her eight-year marriage to Dean Sheremet that she's haunted by it every day, even she and Eddie have stayed together and married in April ...
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Four arrested after Auckland pub robbery
Four people have been arrested following the overnight armed robbery of an Auckland pub.The group held up the Whitehouse Tavern in the South Auckland suburb of Rosehill about 11pm on Saturday, police say.Officers en route to the scene saw the four leaving in a stolen vehicle and a pursuit ensued, but it was quickly abandoned.The vehicle was found a short time later and two people were arrested ...
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Evans third again at Monaco GP2
New Zealand driver Mitch Evans enjoyed a double podium finish at Monaco to climb six places in the GP2 series standings.Evans, 18, finished third in both races at the famous Monte Carlo street circuit to improve from 13th to seventh overall after four rounds.He started sixth on the grid for the 30-lap sprint race on Saturday and quickly improved two positions.A strong finish saw him record a ...
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Brooke Shields has overcome her fear of talk shows.
She told Hamptons magazine: "I used to shy away, because I thought it would be saying that I was giving up on being an actress."I think I was intimidated by it because I don't enjoy confrontation. I've always been afraid I don't have an opinion or I'm nervous about offending somebody. Then I realised I'm perfectly comfortable offending people."Brooke has ...
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NZers urged to speak Samoan
New Zealand's third most spoken language is being celebrated across the country this week.Samoan Language Week runs from May 26 to June 1.The Samoan population makes up half the Pacific population in New Zealand.Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says the aim of the week is to encourage Samoan speakers to use the language at home and through stories."This is a great ...
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West Coast fire victim young father
A West Coast man killed in a fire has left behind his teenage sweetheart and two young children.Emergency services were called to the blaze in a shed at Kaniere, near Hokitika, about 4.30am on Saturday.The body of 25-year-old Ben McBride was later found inside.Mr McBride lived on the property with girlfriend Renee Johnson, 24, and their two small daughters, three-year-old Mia and nine-month-old ...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt believes running helped her achieve a voluptuous butt.
The 34-year-old actress is proud of her curvaceous body and has managed to stay in shape with a relaxed exercise regime, which she believes has allowed her to achieve a shapely ...
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Root century defies NZ in Leeds
Hometown favourite Joe Root struck his maiden Test century to keep New Zealand at bay on an even second day of the second Test in Leeds.Batting brightly on his home ground of Headingley, 22-year-old Root reached 104 in England's 7-337 on Saturday.It was first day of play after Friday's wash out.The tourists, who are 1-0 down in the two-Tests series following a 170-run loss at ...
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Jessica Chastain found it scary wearing Elizabeth Taylors necklace.
Jessica explained to People: "I didn't want to know how much it was worth. It was so thrilling to wear it, but I was overwhelmed too. It was a little scary."However, the flame-haired beauty quickly overcame her anxiety after she put the piece on and after spending a day with the necklace she felt a kinship to the iconic actress, who died in 2011 aged 79.She said: "I was the ...
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Second series gold medal for Aleh Powrie
Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie won gold as New Zealand sailors claimed three medals at the Dutch round of the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup series.The London Olympic champion crew won the women's 470 class while Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox bagged a men's 470 silver and Andy Maloney a bronze in the Laser.Aleh and Powrie won seven of 11 races across the four-day regatta at Medemblik, ...
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Arrests following armed robbery in Auckland
Source: ONE News Four people have been arested after an armed robbery in south Auckland overnight. Police heading to the scene of the robberyat the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill saw four people leaving in a vehicle which they then pursued. The pursuit was abandoned but the stolen vehicle was located soon afterwards and two offenders were taken into custody with the assistance of dog handlers. ...
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Stormers deny Reds 20-15 in Super Rugby
The Stormers' brick wall defence has kept Queensland tryless in Cape Town and put the Reds' Super Rugby finals hopes in doubt.The injury-hit Stormers won a bruising contest 20-15 at Newlands where only a brilliant set-piece backline try to Springbok centre Jean de Villiers separated the two willing sides.Fifth-placed Queensland (45) will now return from their two-match South African ...
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Lily Aldridge and her baby will join the Kings of Leon on tour this summer.
She told Us Weekly magazine: "My husband's going on tour for the summer, so that's where I'll be! It's a family affair."We'll stay in one place [together] and he'll go and play and tour and then come back every night. It's going to be great."However, the 27-year-old doesn't plan on spending much time hanging out in the sweaty backstage area ...
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Kidnap victim left mutilated
The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de Ven A contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, ...
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Party host survives gun blasts
Armed police guard a property in Coates Crescent after a shooting yesterday. Photo / Michael Craig A man gunned down in his home was dumped at a hospital as carloads of rowdy partygoers - including his partner - fled the house before police arrived. Heavily armed police were yesterday guarding the abandoned State-owned property in the Auckland suburb of Panmure. One woman ...
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Shock find in killers cell
William Bell. Photo / Brett Phibbs One of New Zealand's most notorious killers, William Bell, has been caught with a prison officer's stab-resistant vest in his maximum security jail cell. Bell is serving an unprecedented 30 years without parole for the 2001 Mt Wellington RSA slayings. Locked up in Paremoremo Prison's most secure wing, Bell was stabbed in the eye by ...
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Mum thanks rescuer in emotional reunion
Latu Paasi wiped away tears as she watched the unveiling of her husband and son's headstone yesterday - the first anniversary of their death in a boating tragedy. Buried together at Onehunga's Waikaraka Cemetery, So'saia Paasi, 45, and his son Tino, 7, drowned nearby after their dinghy capsized during a family outing on the Manukau Harbour. Three other members of the family also on board the ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
Auckland Feature Story
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Auckland's infastructure needs upgrading in the long run.
Auckland may in the next few years be able to upgrade two major pieces of infastructure and reap the economic benefits for the city.
There may, in the near future, be a four-lane road of national significance (RONS) between Auckland and Whangarei, which would make travel between the country’s largest city and Northland much faster and more efficient, while providing significant economic benefits to both regions as well. Read more
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