Top Stories: The four join 60 other players shortlisted for the 20-strong squad. Fans must now vote on the best player from each of the 16 clubs. The NRL All Stars will play an indigenous All Stars side on Februa... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:19:46 -0500New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo holds a lead of around three nautical miles over ICAP Leopard with Wild Oats XI back in third. The pace of the race has slowed significantly with winds dropping to a light... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:19:45 -0500A misprint in a Tauranga newspaper has seen several families turn up a day early for the Whakatane Hunting & Fishing Opotiki Rodeo. The story previewing the event said the festivities kicked off at te... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:19:44 -0500Music legend Moby has touched down and is hanging out in Auckland ahead of his New Year's gig. Moby is in the City of Sails until the 29th when he and his crew will fly to Gisborne to help ring in 20... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:07:25 -0500Australia is in a commanding position after the opening day of the Boxing Day cricket test against Pakistan in Melbourne.The hosts are 305 for three with openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich both mak... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:27:18 -0500Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor has been recruited by Victoria as a last-minute replacement for Australian cricket's domesticTwenty20 tournament.Taylor was signed by the Bushrangers on Christmas Eve af... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:27:16 -0500There is surface flooding on roads across Auckland as it continues to be pounded by heavy rain.Weatherwatch.co.nz analyst Philip Duncan says the city is seeing the result of a thunderstorm band to the... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:27:12 -0500A New Zealander posing as an international banker has been jailed for a multi-million dollar fraud in the United States.Shaun Gregory Morgan, 32, was this week sentenced to five years' jail by Uta... West Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:02:21 -0500Relevant offers Marcel Latupeirissa opened his eyes. The critically injured motorcyclist knew immediately his right leg had been severed. He looked at the woman administering first aid ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:59:18 -0500Shoppers were out in force yesterday despite the call of the summer sun, cramming malls and shopping centres in the hunt for post-Christmas bargains. But although it was busy, sales were muted compare... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:59:16 -0500Police are heartened by an early low road toll for the Christmas and New Year holiday period, despite some reports of disturbing driver behaviour. The period runs from 4pm on Christmas Eve to 6am... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:59:14 -0500The armed offenders squad was called to a small Coromandel Peninsula town after a man walked towards oncoming traffic armed with a knife, police say. Police were initially called to a domestic in... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:59:13 -0500Diesel and whey have spilled into the Awakino River in Taranaki this morning after a milk tanker crashed into the waterway and overturned. The crash happened on State Highway 3 at Awakino on the ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:30:36 -0500New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo has been able to put some breathing space between itself and its main rivals. The yacht is now just over three nautical miles ahead of Britain's Leopard, with four-time win... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:27:46 -0500A 24-year-old woman was raped in the central business district as she waited for a taxi in the early hours of Christmas Eve. Detective Senior Sergeant Andy King says the woman does not know her attac... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:27:45 -0500Fans will vote for the best player from each club to be part of the 20 man squad that already includes internationals Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith, Benji Marshall and Adam Blair. Four players from ea... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:27:42 -0500The Armed Offenders Squad is on standby as police deal with a volatile domestic incident in south Waikato. Police were called to the home in Matatoke just after 10am. It is believed a man inside the... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:34 -0500A rugby coach and former police officer says he was tortured in Nepal after being held over his newly issued New Zealand passport. Willie Hetaraka, whose rugby jobs have included being New Zealand Ma... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:32 -0500Shrink DETROIT - A man who claimed to be an agent of al-Qaida has been charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day as it was preparing to land in Detroit, officials sa... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:28 -0500The NZ Transport Agency has begun legal proceedings against an Auckland taxi company for failing to meet the legal requirements for taxi operators. The agency says it cannot comment in detail on the ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:27 -0500Sunday, 27 December 2009, 10:43 am Press Release: Council Watch Auditor General Must ProsecuteCouncil Watch spokesperson Jim Candiliotis is calling for four Councillors to be prosecuted, fine... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:40 -0500Sunday, 27 December 2009, 10:57 am Press Release: New Zealand Treasury Six institutions opt out of Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme Six institutions have elected not to accept replacement deed... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:38 -0500Sunday, 27 December 2009, 10:54 am Press Release: Campaign Against Foreign Control Of Aotearoa IRD Delivers Best Possible Xmas Present To Long Suffering Kiwi TaxpayersThere really is a Santa ... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:36 -0500Sunday, 27 December 2009, 10:52 am Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party The Alliance Calls for Positive Thinking from the Minister of Social Development and EmploymentAlliance Party medi... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:36 -0500Wednesday, 1 November 2000, 5:22 pm Press Release: Telecom New Zealand FIRST TEXT MESSAGES, AND SOON SPOKEN EMAILS, FOR TELECOM CUSTOMERS Telecom customers will soon be able to listen to their... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:34 -0500Four boats have pulled out of the 65th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.Fancied handicap contender Limit is the latest to withdraw, due to rigging problems. Etihad Stadium, formerly known as... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:33:29 -0500Child support is to get a shake-up in the New Year after revelations eligible parents owe more than $1.7 billion in payments. Revenue minister Peter Dunne told Sunday News he had been "extremely ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:23 -0500A 40-year-old Gisborne man has "astounded" police after recording a breath alcohol level more than four times the limit for driving. The man blew 1745mcg; the adult limit is 400mcg. "The tro... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:21 -0500Security has been beefed up on flights from New Zealand to the United States, after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to destroy a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:01:23 -0500League leaders Chelsea have been held to a scoreless draw at Birmingham City in English football's Premier League, missing out on a chance to move seven points clear of Manchester United. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:01:22 -0500Shrink A chemical which could help make nearly $1 billion worth of the drug methamphetamine, or P, is still missing, nearly a year after it was stolen. One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a k... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:48:53 -0500Shrink A chemical which could help make nearly $1 billion worth of the drug methamphetamine, or P, is still missing, nearly a year after it was stolen. One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a k... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:48:52 -0500Shrink DETROIT - A prominent Nigerian banker said yesterday he feared his son was the man authorities say tried to blow up a plane as it prepared to land in Detroit before nearby passengers - who saw ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:48:51 -0500A chemical which could help make nearly $1 billion worth of the drug methamphetamine, or P, is still missing, nearly a year after it was stolen. One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:50:00 -0500Veteran Chris Anstey sparked the Tigers with 24 critical points, including five from seven from three-point land as last year's runners-up notched just their fifth win of the campaign. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:46:45 -0500Fancied handicap contender Limit is the latest to withdraw, due to rigging problems. Etihad Stadium, formerly known as Skandia, had to pull out of the race due to a problem with the rigging. She's the... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:46:44 -0500Shaun Morgan offered struggling businesses large loans, in return for an up-front cash payment. Leveraging off the cash, the 32 year-old then used counterfeit cheques to buy dozens of rental propertie... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:46:43 -0500Shrink A Kiwi posing as an international banker has been jailed for a multi-million dollar fraud in the United States after being exposed as a conman. Shaun Gregory Morgan was called an "economic da... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:13 -0500Hot conditions are causing the biggest headache for England coach Andy Flower ahead of tonight's Boxing Day cricket test against South Africa in Durban.England defied hot and humid conditions to battl... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:54:07 -0500A family is in the pink, striking a fashion quinella at Ellerslie.The supreme winner at the Fashion in the Field event at Ellerslie Racecourse is the sister of last year's winner.Auckland Racing Club ... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:54:02 -0500When trouble strikes at Piha, it seems Duncan Clarke and Geoff Calvert are never far behind. Over the years, the men, who met as 14-year-olds when they were training to be junior lifeguards, have... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:15 -0500Foreign tourists will be bombarded with basic safety messages this summer because authorities think they don't know how to act in the outdoors. A five-step "Outdoor Safety Code", launched by resc... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:14 -0500A second plagiarism row has engulfed book publishers Penguin, with allegations a book about 19th century Maori land wars was withdrawn and republished because its author, a senior Victoria University ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:13 -0500Wellington maritime police and other groups have rescued 11 kayakers in the harbour over the past two days and blame lack of understanding about weather and sea conditions. They said another two ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:12 -0500The Prominent horse-breeder accused of shooting dead his wife at their Matamata home says he is "not a killer" and that he "never wanted to see her dead". Greg Howard Meads, 54, was imprisoned in... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:10 -0500Dearest Soph, You are never far from my thoughts every single day. We have had our second Christmas without you and are coming up to our second anniversary of the day you died. Will the pain ever... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:09 -0500At least 60 fatherless boys celebrated Christmas this year knowing there is a man in their life who cares about them. New Zealand's Big Buddy mentoring service has matched more than 60 boys with ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:08 -0500A New Zealand-registered company is at the centre of an alleged black-market weapons investigation sparked by the discovery of what officials claim is a cache of 35 tonnes of North Korean weapons in a... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:07 -0500Child support is to get a shake-up in the New Year after revelations eligible parents owe more than $1.7 billion in payments. Revenue minister Peter Dunne told Sunday News he had been "extremely ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:05 -0500Several members of The Military Reenactment Society were photographed dressing up as Adolf Hitler's body guards, at a function at a restaurant in Cambridge. The group was in the Waikato town as part o... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:52 -0500Tuesday, 21 March 2000, 10:56 am Press Release: Native Forest Action Two anti-native logging activists arrested for locking themselves to a log-lifting helicopter on the West Coast in February... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:45:15 -0500Alfa Romeo skipper Neville Crichton will be keeping a watchful eye on a couple of maxis in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.Alfa Romeo is expected to go head-to-head for line honours with Wild Oats. En... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:27:32 -0500Men and unsupervised children are the focus of beach safety campaigns as recreational drownings continue to climb. Ninety-six people drowned last year, nearly 80 percent of them were men. Water Safet... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:24 -0500The New Zealand Geographic Board wants to put a macron on top of the first "a" in Hawea, in Central Otago, to make the vowel sound longer, but the Wanaka Community Board is against the idea, mainly be... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:24 -0500Police say the 30-year-old was behind the wheel of a car seen doing a burnout on Heretaunga St yesterday. The car was later pursued in Flaxmere and the chase ended when the vehicle went out of contro... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:21 -0500Ad Feedback So there was an opportunity for an investor who was handy with a paint brush and hammer to add some quick value to the property and it sold under the hammer for $218,000. Typical of... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:40:33 -0500Where to invest in 2010? After the mayhem of the past couple of years it's a tough question and many investors will remain gun shy, wary of exposing themselves to further losses. However, taking ... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:40:31 -0500Shrink A Kiwi posing as an international banker has been jailed for a multi-million dollar fraud in the United States after being exposed as a conman. Shaun Gregory Morgan was called an "economic da... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:25:00 -0500Shrink A 61-year-old church minister was killed on Christmas Eve when two 4WD vehicles collided and rolled in Napier. The Rev Sonny Saniva Ng Shiu was driving north along State Highway 2b when a sou... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:59 -0500Shrink We basked through the warmest winter in 150 years and shivered through the coldest spring in decades - all during a year of weird weather. Globally, this year was the fifth warmest in the pas... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:56 -0500Shrink Auckland is likely to face competition from Gold Coast and Nigerian capital Abuja in a bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. A decision will be made in February on whether Auckland will offici... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:56 -0500Shrink If you're a multi-millionaire owner of property in the Bay of Islands, you'd have a struggle asking your neighbour to borrow a cup of sugar - they're likely to be miles away. The area is abou... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:54 -0500Shrink For a superyacht, ArcticP is the roughest diamond likely to sail New Zealand waters. But it has hosted some of the world's brightest stars, with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes honeymooning on th... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:48 -0500Whangarei great-great-grandmother Violet Maskell is a high-flying thrillseeker, despite her advanced years. There was an uproar from her family when she announced earlier this year she would try skydi... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:45 -0500Shrink A Kiwi posing as an international banker has been jailed for a multi-million dollar fraud in the United States after being exposed as a conman. Shaun Gregory Morgan was called an "economic da... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:44 -0500Shrink Homeowners may be tempted to order champagne for New Year celebrations after predictions of a rise in house prices next year. The housing market avoided Armageddon, but it's too early to crac... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:43 -0500Top jockey Lisa Cropp has denied calling others in the racing industry "back- stabbing pricks", as she seeks to return from disqualification for a positive methamphetamine test. Racing's Judicial Con... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:42 -0500Shrink Shoppers ignored sunny skies yesterday to spend up large in the Boxing Day sales. Bargain-hunters were queueing outside malls before they opened and those shopping from home were caught in th... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:41 -0500Controversial broadcaster Paul Henry has won his latest brush with the Broadcasting Standards Authority. Two complaints over comments he made on TV One's Breakfast about flying a Maori flag from the ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:40 -0500Fraudster Shaun Morgan was convincing because he allowed his victims to believe what they read on the internet. Unfortunately they didn't realise he was behind a slew of fake press releases that pain... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:39 -0500Fraudster Shaun Morgan was convincing because he allowed his victims to believe what they read on the internet. Unfortunately they didn't realise he was behind a slew of fake press releases that pain... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:38 -0500Shrink I've said it before and I'll say it again. I would hate to live in a country in which there was no welfare system, and I accept that no system will ever be perfect. But the story of the worst ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:36 -0500Shrink Good on Jamie Williams, the owner of Monteith's Brewery Bar in Paraparaumu. After a weekend that saw drunken fights, vandalism and a spitting competition at his new drinking establishment, he'... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:34 -0500Friday, 10 September 2004, 4:28 pm Press Release: Tenon TENON TO UNDERTAKE STRATEGIC REVIEW OF ITS STRUCTURAL BUSINESS Auckland, 10 September, 2004 – Tenon announced today that it is un... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:00:27 -0500Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:10 pm Press Release: Dunedin City Council Fri, 27 Aug 2004 Dunedin Aims to Spearhead National Nut Tree Association(Dunedin, Otago, 27 August 2004) Dunedin Rural Devel... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:35:01 -0500Thursday, 11 December 2003, 11:03 am Press Release: United Future NZ Party For immediate releaseThursday, 11 December 2003United Future exposes National hypocrisy on Project Aqua United Future... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:30:48 -0500Thursday, 4 October 2007, 9:28 am Press Release: Family First Lobby. ASA Decision Hostile to Welfare of Families Family First NZ has labeled a recent decision by the Advertising Standards Auth... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:30:44 -0500Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:30 am Press Release: GE Free NZ ERMA refuses soil-testing despite plan for more GE sheep GE Free New Zealand in Food and Environment have concerns that ERMA, (the Envir... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:30:42 -0500President Barack Obama, has ordered increased security for air travel to and within America after an attempted terrorist act.The White House described the action of a passenger on a Detroit-bound Nort... National Business Review Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:29:11 -0500Mana MP Graham Kelly says today's announcement by Health Minister Wyatt Creech of extended services at Kenepuru Hospital is a start but will not be sufficient to meet the needs of the region's fas... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:14:07 -0500Thursday, 14 December 2000, 9:59 am Press Release: Libertarianz Party Sludgegate Update, Day 17 5:30pm, Wednesday, 13 December 2000 "I have been put on notice by my investors that if one truck... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:14:06 -0500Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:02 pm Press Release: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions MEDIA RELEASE03 June 2003Another Interest Rate Cut is NeededThe Council of Trade Unions secretary, Paul Goulter... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:14:05 -0500They may be a type of firework, which were released and floated slowly in the air before burning out. One witness who realises they were fireworks says she saw them in Auckland on Christmas Eve. She... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:31:40 -0500Mohammad Asif has had the skipper caught at first slip for 57. Michael Hussey on 38 and nightwatchman Nathan Hauritz on five are the not out batsmen with Australia 305 for three at stumps. Shane Wat... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:31:39 -0500There will be plenty of sports stars as well as sailors on board Investec Loyal when the 65th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race heads out into the Tasman Sea this afternoon.The maxi, formerly... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:22:18 -0500Hot conditions are causing the biggest headache for England coach Andy Flower ahead of tonight's Boxing Day cricket test against South Africa in Durban.England defied hot and humid conditions to battl... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:22:13 -0500Syft Technologies has cancelled a meeting to appoint a new chief executive who would have injected much-needed capital into the company. The Christchurch firm was to hold a special meeting this w... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:00:29 -0500Australia's corporate regulator is licking its wounds and Fortescue Metals Group founder Andrew Forrest is celebrating after ASIC's third failed trial in just over a month. The trial could have l... Stuff Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:00:27 -0500Hot conditions are causing the biggest headache for England coach Andy Flower ahead of tonight's Boxing Day cricket test against South Africa in Durban. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:42 -0500The bulk of the upgrade is being done over the next 11 days, as workers try to capitalise on the quiet holiday period. Most of the activity will be focused at the entrance to Wellington Railway Statio... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:42 -0500Australia is looking to rebuild after a bizarre run-out early in the final session on day one of the Boxing Day cricket test against Pakistan in Melbourne. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:41 -0500Australia continues to dominate Pakistan midway through the second session of the Boxing Day cricket test in Melbourne and is 160 without loss approaching tea. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:40 -0500Thirty-one-year-old Paul Lawrence McLaughlin from Ngaruawahia was thrown out of his vehicle in the early hours of the morning when the hatchback crossed the centreline on at Hopuhopu south of Taupiri ... Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:39 -0500Thursday, 29 May 2003, 6:02 pm Press Release: New Zealand Life Sciences Network PPL critics anti-medicine & progress - CF assn People with cystic fibrosis rely on medical research such as that... Scoop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:20:33 -0500It will be a case of 'you can look but you can not touch' for the All Whites and their proposed accommodation venue for the football World Cup in South Africa next year.New Zealand Football is expecti... NZ City Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:02:50 -0500 | 
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