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Heavy rain brings down bank onto road
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.--- - ...
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Wellingtons light rail bill too heavy
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 ...
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MP confirms tilt at Christchurch mayoralty
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. ...
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Police Alcohol may be a factor in fatal Northland crash
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 ...
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All Blacks Eyes on Midfield
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 ...
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Time of death estimate in Lundy trial unreliable Privy Council hears
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 ...
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Porirua stabbing lifts tension with rival gangs
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 ...
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Test match just the ticket for scalpers
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. ...
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Aussies snap up our homes
"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 ...
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Staffer coping well after bank siege
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 ...
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Lundy appeal Meal evidence misleading
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 ...
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Dunne goes into battle for extra funding
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Whats done is done and alls well at home says Dunne
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 ...
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Ceiling caves in on fireman
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 ...
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Leak suspects position revealed
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 ...
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Father amazed by sons fall recovery
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 ...
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Kiwis cracking good idea
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 ...
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Surge in projects sparks warning over pitfalls
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Fierce weather on the way
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 ...
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Abuser may face longer prison term
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 ...
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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