| Stuff.co.nz - 11 minutes ago Labour list MP Shane Jones has been stood down while the Auditor-General investigates his role in the Bill Liu passport case. Leader David Shearer called in Lyn Provost this afternoon as pressure mounted on Jones to explain why he granted Liu ... |
| A grieving Waikato family is criticising the care of a young woman who died giving birth. Casey Missy Turama Nathan, 20, was in the care of a young Huntly midwife when she went into labour on Sunday night. |
| Radio New Zealand - 20 minutes ago Labour Party members, including leader David Shearer, accepted Rugby World Cup tickets from SkyCity, despite strongly criticising a proposed deal between the Government and the casino operator. |
| BEIJING - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Beijing next month, a spokesman for the Islamic republic's embassy said Wednesday, amid an escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. |
| New Zealand Herald - 11 minutes ago By Kieran Campbell Kiwi songstress Kimbra has made a blockbuster arrival on the US music scene with her hit album Vows debuting at number three today. |
| New York Times - 14 minutes ago CAIRO - After weeks of fevered debate, speculation and argument, Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday in the Arab world's first competitive presidential election, choosing between a dozen candidates spanning the nation's secular and Islamist ... |
| By David Brunnstrom and Adrian Croft | CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO put on a brave face at its Chicago summit but the reality is that the alliance has been weakened by the euro zone crisis and faces an identity crisis about what its role will be once it ... |
| SYDNEY - Canberra and Jakarta denied Wednesday doing a deal to have five years shaved off Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's sentence in exchange for the release of Indonesian people-smugglers. |
| The Press Association - 4 hours ago South African president Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order to have a painting depicting his genitals removed from an art gallery - but two men took matters into their own hands by defacing the portrait with paint. |
| Herald Sun - 26 minutes ago Dramatic arrest ends siege Watch the moment special operations police arrest Cristopher Dean Binse A MAN has been charged after officers used tear gas to force him from a suburban Melbourne house, ending a 44-hour siege. |
| Independent Online - 1 hour ago By Sapa-AFP AP Kathmandu - Mountaineering experts warned on Tuesday that potentially dangerous levels of overcrowding were expected on Mount Everest after four climbers died as "traffic jams" clogged up the world's tallest peak. |
| Police have narrowed their search for the identity of a skeleton found at Port Waikato on Saturday morning. Police have narrowed their search for the identity of a skeleton found at Port Waikato on Saturday morning. |
| Stuff.co.nz - 4 hours ago The navy is being called in to help find a helicopter that crashed in Lake Sumner on Monday. Michael Graeme Mehrtens, 35, of Rangiora, had been contracted by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to spray gorse when the helicopter he was piloting ... |
| Radio New Zealand - 3 hours ago More than 50 organisations, including churches and unions, are supporting a campaign for a living wage. The campaign was launched at midday in Auckland on Wednesday and is based on overseas examples where workers who would normally earn the minimum ... |
| The move to ban foreign flagged fishing vessels from New Zealand waters is being welcomed by Tauranga lawyer Craig Tuck. Craig, founder of Slave Free Seas which lobbies for the rights of fishing crews, says the announcement is a victory for human ... |
| Stuff.co.nz - 4 hours ago CLASSIC ABUSE SIGNS: 'When someone is contentious towards a person like that, while claiming to love her that's a really big danger sign. |
Stuff.co.nz - 5 hours ago New Zealand and Australian finance organisations still have some way to go if they are to close the gender gap but the industry has made some strides in the right direction. |
Radio New Zealand - 6 hours ago Chorus is planning to spend almost $1 billion for the next couple of years to roll out broadband networks throughout the country. In an update to investors on Wednesday, Chorus signalled it will spend up to $355 million for the June 2012 financial year ... |
| 3News NZ - 51 minutes ago By Patrick Gower The bach, the boat, and the BMW could all be in for a visit from the taxman in tomorrow's Budget. Finance Minister Bill English is lining up high-income earners who have been using homes and vehicles as tax write-offs, ... |
| New Zealand Herald - 7 hours ago By Jamie Gray Comvita is involved in natural health and beauty products - much of it derived from manuka honey. Photo / Supplied Former takeover target Comvita New Zealand said its net profit for the year to March hit a record $8.2 million. |
| Reuters - 15 minutes ago | WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand hit their lowest levels in months against the US dollar on Wednesday as heightened fears of a messy Greek exit from the euro zone saw investors dump high risk currencies and seek the safety ... |
| Otago Daily Times - May 21, 2012 Fresh on the heels of a national game industry conference last weekend, approval has been granted for New Zealand's first ever game development degrees. |
| Stuff.co.nz - 5 hours ago Google's Chrome web browser just passed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the most-used browser in the world, says the latest data from a digital analytics service. |
| Stuff.co.nz - 8 hours ago In 1994 Michael Flatley showed the world just what you can do with no arms. Now, 18 years on Riverdance is saying goodbye with one last New Zealand tour. |
| The Australian - May 20, 2012 Video Image Spotify set to launch in Australia SPOTIFY, the world's largest free on-demand music provider, will launch in Australia tomorrow with a number of local commercial partners. |
| The omission of Chiefs co-captain Liam Messam and hooker Hika Elliot were two of the bigger talking points when the All Blacks training squad of 35 was named last week. |
| Assistant coach Michael Hagan believes Queensland are fielding their best attacking side in recent years in tonight's opening State of Origin rugby league match. |
| New Zealand Herald - 3 hours ago By Michael Brown Chris Wood of the All Whites celebrates after scoring a goal during the international friendly match between the New Zealand All Whites and Jamaica. |
| Planet Rugby - 54 minutes ago Highlanders wing Hosea Gear has turned down a lucrative Japanese club contract as he focuses on winning back a place in the All Blacks squad. |
| New Zealand Herald - 13 hours ago By Wynne Gray All Blacks captain Richie McCaw, at the All Blacks training session training. Photo / Brett Phibbs Richie McCaw wore his camouflage training kit but there was no hiding his All Black intent. |
| Independent Online - 16 minutes ago By SAPA AP The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
| Stuff.co.nz - May 21, 2012 LAST CHANCE TO SEE: Venus transits the sun in 2004, as seen through a filtered telescope from Kuala Lumpur. The next transit happens in early June and the one after that doesn't occur until 2117. |
Nurse Soni John is calling for the Government to step in and help Indian nurses. - Source: Close Up Fed-up Indian nurses are threatening to go on a hunger strike after being told they do not have the qualifications to work in New Zealand. |
| New Zealand Herald - May 21, 2012 By Kurt Bayer Traces of George Gwaze's DNA was found on the clothing and bedsheets of his 10-year-old niece Charlene Makaza, who he is accused of raping and murdering, a court was told today. |
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