Top Stories: Napier, Dec 14: Pakistan team made a strong comeback on the fourth day of the final Test match against New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier, to finish the day at 347 for four wickets in its second innings. ANI Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:30:04 -0500Great idea! About time Great - but there should be no tolls The coastal route would've been better We shouldn't be building more roads... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:25 -0500Early gains by leading stocks helped the New Zealand sharemarket start today's trading with a lift. After yesterday falling to a three-month low at 755, and closing down 18c at 760, Fletcher Buil... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:24 -0500LATEST: A new four-lane highway will be built through the Kapiti Coast, along the western link road designation. The New Zealand Transport Agency announced this morning that it would build the Sa... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:23 -0500New Zealand will lose blockbuster film projects to other countries unless it offers fresh incentives to film-makers, Peter Jackson says. On the same day his latest film premiered in Wellington, J... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:22 -0500Christchurch Hospital has closed one of its surgical wards after five patients tested positive for the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA. The ward will remain closed to new admissions until all ... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:22 -0500Cuts in 2009 pay and bonuses for Citigroup's top 100 executives ordered by the Obama administration's pay czar will remain in place despite the bank's deal to exit the government's bailout program, a ... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:20 -0500Climate Change Minister Nick Smith is challenging major developing countries to make the necessary emissions cuts to progress climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Officials resumed talks at the Un... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:20 -0500At last, the Googlephone has appeared. Forget the Droid, the G1 and all those other Android wannabees. Google will begin to sell its own reference Android 2.1 handset, designed by Google, ma... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:18 -0500The family of a Hamilton man who disappeared while taking a break from looking after his special needs son are appealing for news of him. Frank Fransen, 52, was last seen by his family on Novembe... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:18 -0500Light but not green-fingered thieves have stolen potatoes grown by children for Christchurch City Mission's Christmas dinner. They ignored lettuce, silverbeet, beans, leeks and peas growing in th... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:17 -0500NZICT’s near-term ICT priorities plan for New Zealand has received praise from representatives of the New Zealand user community following its release. However, some local ICT suppliers are... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:16 -0500A South Auckland man who starved, bashed and finally killed his 11-week-old daughter will serve at least 17 years in jail. Azees Mahomed, 31, was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the brut... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:38:16 -0500The NZ Transport Agency Board has opted for developing the Wellington Northern Corridor section of State Highway 1 as a four lane expressway from Levin to Wellington Airport. It will be built in secti... Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:46 -0500They have got heaps for their support on the Emissions Trading Scheme and the reason for their being the Foreshore and Seabed Act is being reviewed. Now the Beehive burglars have been limbo dancing a... Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:45 -0500Chilton, Wisconsin - Two women accused of seeking revenge on a cheating lover by gluing his penis to his stomach have reached plea deals. Forty-eight-year-old Therese Ziemann, was accused of doing th... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:12 -0500A soldier organizes a controlled explosion of a clandestine methamphetamine, or crystal meth drug laboratory, allegedly run by Mexico's 'La Familia' drug cartel, near the town of Uruapan in Michoacan ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:11 -0500Police suspect the fire that tore through Levin's KFC this morning was deliberately lit. The restaurant, in the town's main street, was well alight when firefighters arrived just after 2am. Four app... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:10 -0500The Department of Conservation (DOC) says it will prosecute a group of youths seen attacking Moko the friendly dolphin if it catches them. A woman has reported seeing high school boys punching and hi... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:08 -0500A man has been jailed for at least 17 years for the "callous and cruel" murder of his 11-week-old daughter. Azees Mahomed, 31, received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment but will serve a hi... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:07 -0500The long-awaited Transmission Gully route is to go ahead as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin. Transport Minister Steven Joyce this morning confirmed the proj... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:05 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 10:47 am Press Release: North Shore City 15 December 2009 Release of leaky homes advice to government may “cause homeowners undue concern, stress and worry.&#... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:56 -0500Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand The Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand (CAANZ) is pleased to announce that Tony Gardner has been elected chair of the CAANZ Digita... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:50 -0500Councillors on the new Auckland supercity will have their hands tied when it comes to running the city, due to the unprecedented powers granted to the Minister of Local Government in a Bill to be d... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:50 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:24 am Press Release: Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry 15 December, 2009Increased opportunities for Northland forest industryA steady increase in regional wood ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:49 -0500A new programme for measuring changes in the labour market was launched today by Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett.Jobs Online monitors the number of skilled vacancies adver... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:48 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 10:55 am Press Release: NZ On Air For more information on NZ On Air, please visit nzonair.govt.nzHaving trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. | Not in... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:46 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:17 am Press Release: Environmental Risk Management Authority 15 December 2009 Media release 1080 Annual Report released The Environmental Risk Manag... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:44 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 10:53 am Press Release: Asia New Zealand Foundation MEDIA RELEASE ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:42 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:09 am Press Release: Te Ata Tino Toa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETe Ata Tino Toa are stoked the flag will fly on the harbour bridge next year."It took a lot of campaigni... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:42 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 10:47 am Press Release: Paymark 15 December 2009Kiwis Pick up the Pace as Christmas ApproachesThe latest figures from Paymark show that with only 11 days to Christma... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:40 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:07 am Press Release: North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams 15 December 2009 Mayor releases text log to John KeyNorth... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:39 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 10:50 am Press Release: University of Canterbury UC announces multi-million dollar research investmentHelping people with Alzheimers Disease, Parkinsons Disease and ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:37 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:04 am Press Release: Family First Media Release 15 December 2009NZ-led Research Highlights Importance of MarriageFamily First NZ is welcoming research from the Un... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:37 -0500An upswing in online managerial job advertisements over the past six months is one of the first pieces of data produced from a new programme specifically designed to measure changes in the online labo... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:06 -0500The volume of eftpos and credit card transactions leading up to Christmas has increased by 6.7% to December 13, electronic payments provider Paymark said.From Monday December 7 to Sunday December 13, ... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:05 -0500It is a rarity when the private sector economists are more pessimistic than the Reserve Bank.That though is the picture revealed by this morning’s release of the New Zealand Institute of Economi... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:02 -0500Pauanui Lakes Resort director Trevor Toohill faces bankruptcy at the hands of financier FM Custodians due to unpaid debts on the luxury properties which have not yet been bought.In the High Court at A... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:50:50 -0500, Waikato’s WEL Networks has teamed with Hamilton fibre optic network provider Velocity to bid for a chunk of the government’s $1.5 billion matching funds for ultrafast broadband.The pair ... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:50:49 -0500Top of the table Northern Districts has been crushed by 10 wickets by Canterbury inside three days of their Plunket Shield match in Hamilton.Corey Anderson took four wickets in dismissing the Knights ... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:26 -0500New Zealand's Kashif Shuja has won the eighth World Squash Tour title of his career, with victory at the Spanish Open in Tenerife.The top seed has beaten Scotland's Alan Clyne in five games in the fin... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:25 -05002009 will be a much merrier Christmas for New Zealand Hockey than 2008.Both the men's and women's teams have had successful years and can now compete with confidence in next year's World Cup, Commonwe... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:24 -0500Some positive news for the Wellington Phoenix with striker Chris Greenacre's injury not as bad as initially feared.Greenacre has missed the last two A-League matches and there were fears he could be o... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:23 -0500New Zealand swimmer Melissa Ingram has continued her record breaking blitz on the second day of the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane.The North Shore swimmer broke the New Zealand record twic... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:21 -0500Telecom hopes to have reached a decision today about how customers affected by the XT outage will be compensated.More than 100,000 customers from Taupo south were without mobile service for most of ye... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:16 -0500Hugh Grant has confessed he was drunk when he bought a painting of Elizabeth Taylor by Andy Warhol for £2 million in 2001 which he eventually sold for £13 million. NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:15 -0500Two people are missing and two are dead after Cyclone Mick ripped through the Fiji islands overnight.The category two cyclone is moving away from the area after pounding it with winds reaching up to 1... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:14 -0500LATEST: Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer has been offered a wildcard entry into Auckland's ASB Classic in January following a court injunction suspending her one-year ban for violating anti-dopi... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:52 -0500A merger between AMP and AXA Asia Pacific would lead to more financial services jobs moving to Australia, following the example of the big banks, analysts say. AMP and France's AXA SA have unveil... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:36 -0500Debt issuers, including finance companies dealing with moratoria, will face tougher regulations from January 31 next year, Commerce Minister Simon Power says. Moratoria proposals are an alternati... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:34 -0500Yes, it's a show of unity Yes, and it should be flown more often No, it's a symbol of division No, only the NZ flag should be flown... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:34 -0500Tiger Woods has just made life a whole lot tougher for athletes looking to score big deals to pitch a company's products or services. Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:32 -0500The New Zealand dollar strengthened against major currencies as Abu Dhabi's decision to throw neighbour Dubai a $US10 billion ($NZ13.73b) lifeline to repay debts slowed safe-haven buying that boosted ... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:29 -0500The recession is over and the outlook is improving, according to economic forecasters in the latest NZIER consensus forecasts survey. Economic forecasters now believe the recession was shallower ... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:29 -0500Big rises in dairy prices next year are predicted in a survey of world commodity prices. Whole milk powder prices may gain more than 20 per cent to top US$4000 (NZ$5514) a tonne early next year, ... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:27 -0500A jury has resumed deliberations this morning into whether two men accused of killing Auckland man Daryl Graydon are guilty of murder. The men, whose names are suppressed, were charged after Mr G... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:48:27 -0500North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams insists he never sent a text to the Prime Minister at 3.30am over the past four months and has produced the records to prove it. Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:45:03 -0500Auckland's ASB Tennis Classic could be about to receive an early Christmas present now that US Open semi finalist Yanina Wickmayer has had her one year ban suspended by a Belgian court. Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:45:01 -0500The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is now the official symbol of Maoridom, but Maori leaders disagreed yesterday over whether it will ever fly officially at Waitangi. Prime Minister John Key and Maori Part... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:56 -0500There is still no sign of a man missing from Porirua since last Thursday. Police have fears for the safety of Frank Fransen, 52, who usually wears a possum skin cap and whose disappearance is out of ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:52 -0500A diesel spill covered most of the Rimutaka Hill Road north of Wellington this morning. The diesel spill ran from half way up the Featherston side of the hill, over the summit and down towards Upper ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:51 -0500The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is now the official symbol of Maoridom, but Maori leaders disagreed yesterday over whether it will ever fly officially at Waitangi. Prime Minister John Key and Maori Part... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:50 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:52 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Title: Police investigate suspected arsonPolice will this morning join fire safety officers to investigate the cause of a f... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:59 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:43 am Press Release: Timaru District Council Local businesses impress aquatic centre design and project teamCaroline Bay Aquatic Centre project manager Ian Martin ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:58 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:32 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Title: Ensuring it's safe to pull over to answer cell-phoneIt has been great to see that the majority of Canterbury drivers... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:54 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:55 am Press Release: Meridian Energy Media Release – for immediate releaseDecember 15, 2009Meridian Welcomes Hunter Downs interim decision The backers of th... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:53 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:36 am Press Release: Vodafone Media Release14 December 2009Vodafone launches wi-fi hotspot in your handVodafone takes mobile broadband to the next level with the l... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:51 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:29 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Title: Don't make death and injury guests at your home this Christmas.Don't make death and injury guests at your home this ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:51 -0500Dec. 15 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:49 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:15 am Press Release: Bayley's Real Estate Media ReleaseDate 15.12.200Cafes become flavour of the month for investorsCafes appear to be flavour of the month with inv... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:44 -0500Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 9:06 am Press Release: Rural General Practice Network PRESS RELEASENew Zealand Rural General Practice NetworkDecember 12, 2009Concerns over easing of Australiaȁ... Scoop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:44 -0500(RTTNews) - Modest gains are expected at the opening of the New Zealand and Australia sharemarkets on Tuesday. Traders get a positive lead from Wall Street, which spent the day in higher territory on... Quote.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:40:26 -0500Disgraced former cabinet minister Taito Phillip Field is appealing his conviction and six-year jail sentence for bribery and corruption. Field's lawyer filed his appeal on October 30, less than a... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:04:38 -0500A woman nearly lost her arm and suffered a gaping wound to her neck during a frenzied knife attack by an elderly relative yesterday. The 42-year-old was set upon in front of her two sons at their... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:04:34 -0500An inquest will be held into how a west Auckland schoolboy was electrocuted as he used his laptop computer while sitting in the back of a 4WD. Jason Allan Duke, 15, had run an extension cord from... Stuff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:04:33 -0500Fairfax might be aiming to offer New Zealanders all the latest up-to-date news on its Stuff website, but its own corporate site could also use an update, with one significant change to its corporate s... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:29 -0500The amount of Auckland CBD office space that is sitting empty has risen from 6.7% in September last year to 11.7% in the same month this year and some fear it could peak at 18%.The amount of high qual... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:24 -0500Radius Properties was one of several companies that financial advisor Vestar (now Gould Wealth Management) ushered client money into despite a close relationship?with the company’s managing di... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:18 -0500North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams now says he can't remember sending a text message to Prime Minister John Key at 3.30am.The message, and others, have been confirmed by Mr Key who described them as ag... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:12 -0500At 6.17pm last night, Telecom issued a statement saying its XT mobile network was back up and running.The network had been down, for all customers south of Taupo, since around 4.30am.Some of the 100,0... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:08 -0500The Government's debt might not blow out as much as feared, but it will still be years before the books return to surplus, Prime Minister John Key said. Treasury opens the books today with the half ye... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:07 -0500There will be more jobs listed for IT professionals in 2010 than there were this year but New Zealand will lag behind Australia in demand, recruitment specialist Randstad says.Randstad operations dire... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:35:02 -0500A manslaughter charge has been laid over the fatal shooting of a woman north of Auckland earlier this month.The 20-year-old's body was found dumped outside of the Kowhai Medical Centre in Warkworth on... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:23 -0500An anti-abuse group says a Christchurch man who shot his two family cats to punish his wife should have been charged with domestic violence.Donald Sloane was fined $1500 after admitting two firearms c... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:20 -0500Send us your storm photos. Hailstones bigger than marbles have pummelled Canterbury vegetable and grain crops, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage as thunderstorms moved up the pr... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:12:42 -0500Stocks on Wall Street have risen modestly as acquisition activity in the energy sector boosted sentiment but concerns over the financial sector kept the gains limited.Also helping stocks, Dubai receiv... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:43:50 -0500The Gulf standoff has ended with Abu Dhabi finally agreeing to rescue Dubai from its debt trap.The richest of the Gulf emirates has provided $US10 billion to Dubai’s government – more than... National Business Review Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:43:48 -0500The Tall Blacks have avoided China, Asian champion Iran and African champion Angola in pool play at next year's World Basketball Championship being held in Turkey from August 28 to September 12.FIBA h... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:12 -0500The Wellington Phoenix are in negotiations with the Brisbane Roar to sign goalkeeper Liam Reddy.Reddy has reportedly said goodbye to his Brisbane teammates in anticipation of being in the capital as e... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:10 -0500Auckland police are appealing for the driver of a car involved in a drag race, who pulled an injured man from his car, to come forward.Police say the driver, in an unidentified white car, was racing a... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:06 -0500Monday, 14 December 2009 08:38 +1200Black Caps pace bowler Daryl Tuffey talks with the media after making 80 not out in New Zealands first innings, on day three of the final test against Pakistan in N... Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:55:24 -0500Both the men's and women's teams have had successful years and can now compete with confidence in next year's World Cup, Commonwealth Games and Champions Trophy. Just 12 months ago, the sport was at a... Newstalk ZB Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:55:23 -0500An Auckland nurse has been suspended after being found guilty of accessing patient files without proper authority. The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal said Miu Ha Hamme Paterson had access... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:25 -0500An Invercargill man who killed his ex-partner's lover in a frenzied knife attack was jailed for eight years when he appeared in the High Court at Invercargill yesterday. Last month a jury acquitted L... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:24 -0500Hundreds of Auckland primary school principals have added their voices to calls for a trial of new national standards before they are put in place next year - but the Prime Minister says he will not b... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:22 -0500Shrink A report by three top climate think-tanks says efforts planned by New Zealand to cut greenhouse gases stack up better than the European Union's - the region normally thought of as a climate lea... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:20 -0500East coast Maori groups are challenging the Ngati Porou body that negotiated a $110 million Treaty settlement in the hope of stopping the deal in its tracks. They want the Waitangi Tribunal, which is... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:15 -0500Asian photographers bringing couples to New Zealand for their wedding pictures are being warned by immigration officials that they are breaking the law by working without a work permit. Following a g... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:14 -0500 | 
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