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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/ en-us Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:23:31 -0500 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:23:31 -0500 30 Australian cricket team's vice-captain Michael Clarke left the New Zealand tour to support his fiancee Lara Bingle who has been troubled by her recent nude photo scandal," his manager has confirmed. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610360 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:14 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610360 Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke expects to play in the Test series against New Zealand despite the controversy surrounding his fiancee, Lara Bingle. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610305 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:40:06 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610305 Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin's century helped the visitors defeat New Zealand by six wickets in the third ODI played at Seddon Park in Hamilton, and take a 2-1 lead in the Chappell-Hadlee series. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610284 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:12 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610284 Concerned over the precarious security conditions in that country, Tennis New Zealand has asked the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to move its upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan to New Zealand or to a neutral venue. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610280 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:09 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610280 Pakistan has strongly objected to Tennis New Zealand's request to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to move its upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan to New Zealand or to a neutral venue due to security concerns. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610239 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:40:16 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610239 Recuperating New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder, who has had an operation to repair his long-term abdominal injury, is keen to prove his fitness after being included in the Black Caps' preliminary squad of 30 for the World Twenty20 championship. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610195 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:40:05 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610195 Australia has added batsman George Bailey to the squad for the remaining two ODI games of the Chappell-Hadlee series, after vice captain Michael Clarke quit the tour citing personal reasons. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610193 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:40:03 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610193 Australian legend and cricket commentator Mark Waugh has said that he hopes Michael Clarke's dash home from New Zealand is a one-off, as the cricketer's personal life "encroached on his cricket". http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610139 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:10:17 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610139 Australian coach Tim Nielsen has refuted comments made by former New Zealand captain and ICC match referee John Reid that the Australian team includes "idiots" who need to pull their heads in. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:10:14 -0500 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/610135 Yesterday's forest fire near Christchurch threatened the power supply to the upper South Island. Fire authorities said yesterday's 19-hectare blaze at McLeans Island highlighted the extreme fire ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950730&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:35:04 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950730&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Court proceedings have been filed against Commerce Commission member Donal Curtin over his role as an investment adviser. Two legal actions are being taken against Mr Curtin regarding his role as... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950729&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:35:03 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950729&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Centenarian Frank Melhuish celebrated his wife's 100th birthday yesterday, saying the secret to their 72-year marriage was to "look forward to coming home". Frank and Ettie Melhuish married in 19... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950731&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:35:03 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950731&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 March 9 (Business Wire) - Shares were little changed for a second session as investors await fresh signs that the global economic recovery would renew itself and provide new impetus for higher stoc... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950727&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:33:01 -0500 Scoop http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950727&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 In his Northland Age column, Mr Harawira said contrary to media reports he did not suggest dumping cars into the harbour to block the erection of the turbines and that notion was actually put forward ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950732&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:29:24 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950732&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Bowden takes over from former Silver Ferns captain Julie Seymour who retired at the end of their last campaign. Tactix coach Helen Mahon-Stroud says the decision was straight forward. She says Bowden... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950733&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:29:23 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950733&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Black Caps were guilty of failing to bat out the 50 overs, dismissed for 245 in the 47th over with Ross Taylor making 62. Gareth Hopkins chipped in with 45 and Scott Styris made 41. In reply, ope... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950734&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:29:21 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950734&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Stocks on Wall Street have climbed as the telecommunications sector continued to steam ahead after Cisco Systems announced a new high-speed internet router.The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 48 po... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950726&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:45 -0500 National Business Review http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950726&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Ghosts sold on TradeMe The "two captured ghosts" sold on Trade Me on Tuesday night have gone to a company which sells electronic cigarettes. The auction recorded more than 200,000 page views and ma... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950722&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:09:47 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950722&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Broadbent family There are fears more Kiwis could be expelled from Morocco for their Christian beliefs, after a New Zealand family was told to leave on Tuesday night. Chris Broadbent, along wit... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950723&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:09:45 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950723&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 James McKie The father of a New Zealand hero in Afghanistan says he hopes his son, British Army rifleman James McKie, can stay safe for his last few weeks in the country. "I just hope he keeps his ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950724&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:09:44 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32950724&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Boaties are criticising proposals to set up $2 million-a-year safety measures in the Marlborough Sounds, saying the plans will do nothing to prevent accidents. The Interislander, which says it co... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947463&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:55:00 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947463&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Government is considering creating a new "super regulator" as it seeks to shore up confidence in the $4.88 billion KiwiSaver regime. But one commentator says a single provider is spoiling the... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947452&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:58 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947452&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has rejected calls to regulate the installation of new "smart meters" in homes. He said yesterday that he had agreed to the Electricity Commission's recommendation ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947451&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:57 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947451&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A productivity commission that will run the ruler over government departments has been given a cautious welcome by the public servants' union. Details of how the commission will work have yet to ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947462&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:57 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947462&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A teenager involved in the arson of a historic Palmerston North church has been ordered to pay $10,000 in damages. Lachlan William Holdem, 19, was sentenced in Palmerston North District Court yes... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947461&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:55 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947461&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Sky Television will end UHF pay-television transmissions at midnight tonight, switching off a service once used by hundreds of thousands of households. Spokesman Tony O'Brien said that, by yester... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947453&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:54 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947453&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Consumers are keeping their wallets on a tight leash with a subdued recovery in household spending, which is more gradual than economists had expected after last year's recession. Retail sales us... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947454&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:52 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947454&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 TAKING ACTION: Protesters (from left) Sister Francis, Teresa Riordan, Veronica McKitterick, Val O'Brien, Grace Drake, Val Robbie and Fay Kimble, of Invercargill, rally together at Wachner Place to try... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947465&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:52 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947465&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 It is unusual to find stolen art for sale at auction – especially when the seller is the artist. But Whanganui painter Michelle Kirk is hoping to raise money for Heart Children New Zealand ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947466&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:50 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947466&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan has denied he is quitting his $500,000 job because of political pressure. His decision to leave, announced yesterday, sparked speculation of a difficul... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947467&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:48 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947467&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Two Wellington scientists whose work could revolutionise the transmission of electricity have been awarded the inaugural Prime Minister's Science Prize. Bob Buckley and Jeff Tallon have researche... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947456&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:47 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947456&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Labour Department is investigating a mechanical failure on Wellington's reverse bungy – but the ride's owner insists it is safe. About 3am on Sunday, firefighters had to free three peop... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947468&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:46 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947468&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Canadian firm Rogers Communications says it is not in the running to buy Telecom International, a division of Telecom that buys and sells capacity on international phone networks for about 300 carrier... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947457&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:45 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947457&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Hopes for big Kiwi haul Sir Peter Jackson was adamant that a Wellywood sign in Miramar should be "an exact copy" of the Hollywood sign, according to Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast. B... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947469&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:44 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947469&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Standard & Poor's credibility has come under legal attack in a A$40 million (NZ$57m) action by a Australian investment firm over a AAA-rated debt investment that subsequently turned toxic. Th... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947458&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:43 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947458&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Girl Guide biscuits are being tested after complaints that they were too dry and like eating cardboard. Girlguiding chief executive Ruth Teasdale said the product had not been recalled "but it lo... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947470&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:43 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947470&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 LAST STOP: Veteran schoolbus driver Jim McCorkindale, of Gore, who has decided to call it quits even though a charge of assaulting a young passenger was thrown out of court last week. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947471&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:41 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947471&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 REBOUND HOPE: Every Phoenix win boosts demand for the club's equipment. Briscoe Group's Rebel Sport chain almost sold out after the big win at the weekend, managing director Rod Duke says. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947459&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:40 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947459&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Two more sets of medals are missing from Waiouru Army Museum, with the army admitting its systems for keeping tabs on its collection are flawed. The latest medals loss follows the theft of rifles... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947472&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:40 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947472&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Thousands of qualifications will be dumped as the Government wields the funding axe on courses with too many student failures. Parents and prospective students will also play a part in the cull, ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947473&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:38 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947473&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Mid-range businesses are showing signs of increased investment and interest in productive assets, the ANZ Bank says. "We are definitely seeing businesses move out of survival mode and while they ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947460&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:37 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947460&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Abdulrahman Ikhtiari Two youths who admitted to killing Christchurch taxi driver Abdulrahman Ikhtiari will be sentenced on Wednesday. Ikhtiari died in December 2008 after being stabbed in his ta... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947421&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:36 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947421&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Anton Oliver has been approached by both National and Labour Party representatives over a possible political career, but first the former All Black captain just wants to find a job. The 34-ye... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947485&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:13 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947485&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Universities and polytechs will have funding cuts if their students don't pass their courses, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said yesterday. But it has left him open to claims that the move... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947486&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:10 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947486&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Government has confirmed it will move quickly to tighten up the reporting requirements of all firms in the $4.88 billion KiwiSaver sector after the Huljich Wealth Management affair. But savers wi... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947487&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:08 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947487&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Has New Zealand sold out to Japan by backing a compromise proposal before the International Whaling Commission which would reopen the door to commercial slaughter of whales, albeit in limited numbers?... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947488&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:06 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947488&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 All4One's (left) decision to post a windspotter up the mast for their race against Mascalzone Latino paid off, with the Franco-German team leveraging a patch of fresh breeze into a 44s victory. Photo ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947474&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:05 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947474&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Former National Party leader Don Brash has dismissed any suggestion of joining the Act Party or becoming its leader. Dr Brash, who was once referred to as the ninth Act MP when Act had eight MPs, was... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947489&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:03 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947489&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Unelected boards of businesspeople will control 75 per cent, if not 90 per cent, of council services under the Auckland Super City, says a veteran of local government, Suzanne Weld. The Government's ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947490&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:03 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947490&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink An emotional hospital-bed email has revealed how the heroics of a Kiwi soldier who saved the lives of two comrades under heavy Taleban gunfire were inspired by his fallen commander. British A... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32945825&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32945825&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Paula Bennett should not need to spend five weeks away from her Beehive desk to find the "piece missing in the middle" of the corporate social responsibility jigsaw. The answer lies squarely in the i... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947492&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:59 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947492&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Charges are likely to be laid this week over the alleged massacre of 33 dogs in Wellsford. But only seven of the January killings will be prosecuted - because the Animal Welfare Act dictates that cha... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947477&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:56 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947477&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Hanover Finance and Huljich KiwiSaver affairs point up the pressing need for a "super-regulator" with the authority, budget and, importantly, guts to not only enforce existing regulations but publ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947491&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:56 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947491&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Five students are accused of using an unoccupied suburban house in Auckland as the centre of a multimillion-dollar drug operation. The Mt Roskill home was the drop-off address for pallets of ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947478&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:54 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947478&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Two scientists who spent 23 years developing high-temperature superconductors have won the main prize in the inaugural Prime Minister's science awards. The top award, presented in Auckland ye... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947493&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:53 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947493&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The proposed three strikes bill would be grossly unjust and could result in an 11,000 per cent rise in time spent in prisons, an independent organisation on crime says. Rethinking Crime and Punishmen... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947479&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:52 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947479&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A planned expansion of the Indian Premier League may create more opportunities for New Zealand cricketers to join the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. A bidding process for two extra franchises has sta... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947475&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:51 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947475&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Questions have been raised about the monitoring of the online activity of sex offenders after it emerged that a convicted rapist in Britain was able to use the social networking site Facebook to befri... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947480&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:50 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947480&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 New Zealand has no plans to follow Britain in limiting the number of student visas, because the Government has taken action to close potential policy loopholes to stop people abusing the permit, says ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947494&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:50 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947494&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 PARIS - Interpol yesterday expanded its wanted list over the killing of a Hamas commander to a total of 27 people, and also revealed previously unreleased details about one suspect, including his alia... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947481&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:48 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947481&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Friday's $500,000 Auckland Trotting Cup has emerged relatively unscathed from Sunday's brutal Interdominion Pacing Final, with favourite Monkey King now a certain starter. The Interdominion runnerup ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947476&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:47 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947476&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Rapper Lil Wayne, his lawyer Stacey Richman by his side, listened to the judge in a Manhattan criminal court sentence him yesterday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus. ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947482&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:47 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947482&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Transparency and accountability is a key feature of council-controlled organisations. Last week, the Auckland Transition Agency released its proposals for council-controlled organisations under the ne... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947495&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:47 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947495&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A series of allegations in Germany and the Netherlands have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with child abuse after it emerged the Pope's brother ran a choir at ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947483&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:45 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947483&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A man involved with making sure Northland's police recruits are up to scratch has pleaded guilty to drink-driving. The Whangarei police officer applied for a discharge without conviction. Senior Con... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947484&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:27:44 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947484&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Hollywood star Sam Neill says a priceless resource is at stake as opponents line up to try to prevent cubicle dairy farming in the South Island's iconic Mackenzie Country. Neill, a star in bl... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947432&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:15 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947432&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The mother of a baby girl who died after being found face down in a bath was regularly visited by Child Youth and Family which gave her advice on how to provide a "safe and loving home" for her twin d... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947434&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:12 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947434&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Two scientists who spent 23 years developing high-temperature superconductors have won the main prize in the inaugural Prime Minister's science awards. The top award, presented in Auckland ye... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947437&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:09 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947437&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Migrants are using student visas as a more certain method of staying in New Zealand - and the number of cases is expected to rise sharply because of a new law. Many temporary migrants who can... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947436&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:08 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947436&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Universities and polytechs will have funding cuts if their students don't pass their courses, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said yesterday. But it has left him open to claims that the move... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947440&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:06 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947440&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Government has confirmed it will move quickly to tighten up the reporting requirements of all firms in the $4.88 billion KiwiSaver sector after the Huljich Wealth Management affair. But savers wi... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947442&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:05 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947442&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink This seagull (pictured) didn't look too impressed when it was rescued after becoming wedged in a car roof rack having been hit at 100km/h. The car's owners discovered it half an hour later. ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947443&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:03 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947443&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tensions over health sector restructuring are thought to be behind Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan's decision not to seek a second four-year term when his tenure expires in July. Mr McKer... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947444&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:02 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947444&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Unelected boards of businesspeople will control 75 per cent, if not 90 per cent, of council services under the Auckland Super City, says a veteran of local government, Suzanne Weld. The Government's ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947445&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:02 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947445&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Paula Bennett should not need to spend five weeks away from her Beehive desk to find the "piece missing in the middle" of the corporate social responsibility jigsaw. The answer lies squarely in the i... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947447&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:01 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947447&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 An Auckland property manager is warning of a looming rental housing crisis - but her claim has been rejected by market watchers. Wayne Boberg of property management business Bobergs First National tr... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947446&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947446&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tree-lovers are taking their fight to save an old pohutakawa to the High Court today. The Tree Council is taking legal action after the Auckland City Council decided the fate of two large Avondale tr... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947449&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:25:59 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947449&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Relief for traffic choke points on a heavily-used North Shore arterial route is coming - but not at the expense of its cycleways. The North Shore City Council decided yesterday to bring forward plans... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947448&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:25:58 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947448&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Shrink Children all over New Zealand are being asked to pick up their pencils, crayons and markers and help colour 75,000 beads - one for every treatment children with cancer face each year. Kavahn ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947450&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:25:57 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947450&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has agreed to the recommendations set out in the Electricity Commission's report on the roll-out and requirements for smart meters in New Zealand. The Ele... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947422&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:27 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947422&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Minister of Commerce Simon Power has asked officials to fast-track work to ensure the integrity of KiwiSaver is maintained for the 1.3 million people and $4.88 billion of their money invested in the s... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947425&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:26 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947425&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Āwhinatia ngā kura kia ekengia ngā taumata mātauranga Kei te tonoa ngā akoranga rumaki Māori, ngā kaiako me ngā tumuaki kura, tae atu ki ngā whānau, ki te whakamātau, ki te whakatika i te ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947426&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:25 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947426&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman has put his support behind an evaluation of the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme, which shows significant and increasing gains in productivity in the horticult... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947427&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:24 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947427&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Some of New Zealand's most brilliant minds have been honoured in the first annual Prime Minister's Science Prizes, the country's most prestigious and valuable science awards. Prime Minister John Key ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947428&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:22 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947428&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Former Eisenhower Fellow and chair of the New Zealand nominating committee, Susan Baragwanath won a placement in 1994, returning to open a special school in Wellington. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947429&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:21 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947429&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 From 2012, tertiary education institutions will receive some of their funding based on how well they perform academically this year. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says the new funding mode... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947430&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:20 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947430&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A review of New Zealand's 6,000 qualifications will result in a more streamlined system with fewer qualifications that are more easily recognisable to both students and employers, says Tertiary Educat... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947431&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:20 -0500 Beehive http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32947431&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Bluefin tuna A conservation group is urging the government to be more cautious in managing and setting fish catch levels. Forest & Bird is concerned that not enough is known about fish stocks... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32940850&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:16 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32940850&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The scene of the McLeans Island fire Fire crews will continue battling a scrub fire at McLeans Island, northwest of Christchurch, on Wednesday morning, with winds expected to pick up later in the ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32938156&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:23:02 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32938156&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Broadbent family A New Zealand family has been expelled from Morocco, with authorities saying their Christian values were no longer acceptable. For the last year and a half, the Broadbent fam... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32935996&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:53:31 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32935996&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Team New Zealand made use of local knowledge and played the wind shifts adroitly to grab a comfortable first-up win in the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta off Auckland today. Team NZ, with ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933763&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:47:21 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933763&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Scott Williams The New Zealand teacher found crushed last year at a waste transfer station in East Sussex had earlier tried to get his ejected flatmate allowed back into the pub where they were drin... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933761&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:24:35 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933761&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 A Wellington surgeon has failed in his bid to secure name suppression and overturn a Health and Disability Commissioner's decision against him. Richard Stubbs had been ordered to pay the widow of a c... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933762&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:22:03 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32933762&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Blood stains were found throughout a house where a woman, who allegedly murdered a three-year-old boy in her care, lived, a court was told today. Patricia Angela Pickering, 38, is on trial in the... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931664&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:33 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931664&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The New Zealand sharemarket eased today, turning its back on nine consecutive days of gains despite the release of positive results from two of the smaller companies. The benchmark NZX-50 index c... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931663&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:31 -0500 Stuff http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931663&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 March 9 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index snapped a nine-day rally, with the U.S. market providing little overnight impetus and commodity prices weakening. Property for Indu... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931662&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:20:40 -0500 Scoop http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931662&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The Public Service Association says it shares a judge's frustration over industrial action by Ministry of Justice staff, but says it will continue until formal negotiations with the ministry restar... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931655&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:01:56 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931655&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 (1:30) Kiwi trauma experts have found many Samoans caught up in last year's tsunami are still living in fear. A volunteer group of New Zealand therapists were so moved by Samoa's plight that they... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931658&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:01:54 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931658&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 The family of one of New Zealand's conservation pioneers is carrying on his work saving the takahe, one of the country's rarest birds. The late Elwyn Welch began the first captive breeding programm... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931657&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:01:51 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931657&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 (1:40) Wellington doctoral candidate John Watt has been named the top emerging scientist in the Prime Minister's science awards for his research aimed at reducing vehicle exhaust pollution. Watt,... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931656&cat=14d7eba4e435d135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:01:49 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=32931656&cat=14d7eba4e435d135