Provides the latest RSS feeds for New Zealand News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Zealand Star.com http://www.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/14d7eba4e435d135/ en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:25:50 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:25:50 -0500 30 Wellington, Jan 6 : Owner of a strip club in New Zealand has challenged a council ban on his club's raunchy billboard. http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/450312/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:01:01 -0500 New Zealand Star.com http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/450312/cs/1/ Tens of thousands of students will pass the national schools qualification without entering the exam room. Results from the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) will be released onl... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915060/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:42 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915060/ Jack and Sophie were New Zealand's most popular baby names in 2008. Jack was the most popular boy's name for the fourth year in a row, while Sophie was the new number one girl's name with... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915059/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:58 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915059/ A bus driver who was involved in a fatal accident when her bus and a car collided has won her claim for unjustified dismissal.Lynette McLachlan drove buses for Hayward Coachlines (HCL) between March 2... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915031/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:41 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915031/ High risk: a surfer rides a wave close to swimmers between the lifeguards' flags at Taylors Mistake yesterday. Surf Live Saving Canterbury life-saving manager Dougal Holmes said lifeguards did their b... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915062/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:33 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915062/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 12:10 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand Case Highlights Weakness Of BailDavid Garrett MP, ACT New ZealandWednesday, January 7 2009A recent Palmerston North case demon... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915048/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:59 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915048/ Mr Minto, the man widely associated with the anti-apartheid protests during the 1981 Springboks tour to New Zealand, now has his sights firmly set on the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland. His group, Glo... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20914893/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:22:11 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20914893/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:16 am Press Release: Global Peace And Justice Auckland Israeli player to face protest with launching of sports boycott A protest will be held outside the ASB Tennis ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915051/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:49 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915051/ SPEED MERCHANT: Canterbury Wizard Shane Bond unleashes during a State Shield match against the Wellington Firebirds at QE II's Village Green in Christchurch on Monday. He is lukewarm on his chances of... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915061/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:46 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915061/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:14 am Press Release: Westpac Rescue Helicopter Lucky escape for climber on Mt Tapua-o-UenukaThe Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescued an injured climber... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915049/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:03 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915049/ There are no reports of any major injury. The south bound lane is closed. Police are asking motorists to delay their journey if possible until the scene is cleared. Share this Article: http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915068/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:22:09 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915068/ The New Zealand dollar crept up towards US60c this morning, after firming against most major currencies overnight.The kiwi was buying US59.57c around 8am, compared with US58.79c at 5pm yesterday, and ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915024/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:49 -0500 National Business Review http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915024/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 12:08 pm Press Release: Manukau City Council The Litterbugs - making conservation lessons funLooking to entertain the children in the summer holidays? Come along to Th... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915043/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:24 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915043/ Post mortem due to be held today on body of diverA post mortem examination was due to be held in Auckland today on the body of a 45-year-old Northland man who died while diving at the mouth of... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915033/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:38 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915033/ Auckland's dominance of sevens rugby is about to come under immense pressure with Counties heading to Queenstown this weekend with loads of experience and excitement machines in its squad of 12. ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915067/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:52 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915067/ Daniel Vettori is backing his top order to find some much-needed form as New Zealand fights to keep its impressive recent home record intact with victory against the West Indies at Wellington's We... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915063/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:37 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915063/ 7 January 2009 South Africa still counts itself a chance of inflicting a three-nil test series defeat on Australia after the fourth day of the third cricket test in Sydney.The tourists are 62 for one... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915022/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:43 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915022/ (L-R) Hayden Coombes, Lachlan Brown , Campbell Brown, Aleisha Coombes hold jellyfish which have littered the Mount beach this summer. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times Thirteen people were treated for jelly... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915039/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:24 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915039/ Not always. Sometimes economic and environmental factors count against it. From this side of the Tasman it is not clear whether the enthusiasm for biofuels stems from a desire to replace non-renewable... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915029/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:52 -0500 National Business Review http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915029/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 12:07 pm Press Release: Waikato District Health Board Mother Wants Funeral To Be Fun And BrightThe Pirongia mother of two children killed with their father in a colli... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915044/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:19 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915044/ Whole milkpowder prices continue to fall at Fonterra's internet auctions.But the company is taking some solace from a small rise in spot prices, and from its own analysis indicating the bottom of the ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915028/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:50 -0500 National Business Review http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915028/ OSLO, Norway - British singer Amy Winehouse dropped her appeal in a Norwegian drug case and will accept a fine for illegal marijuana possession in 2007, her attorney said.Winehouse and her husband, Bl... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915071/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:26 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915071/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:03 am Press Release: Tertiary Education Union Bombs teach the wrong lessonNew Zealand's Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is calling on the elected Israeli and Palesti... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915052/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:46 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915052/ 6 January 2009 Kiwi number one Marina Erakovic is through to the second round of Auckland's ASB tennis Classic after a hard fought win over Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives.Erakovic has beaten the worl... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915014/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:40 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915014/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:54 am Press Release: Federated Farmers Value of compulsory national ID scheme questioned“If the proposed compulsory national ID system for livestock isn&#x20... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915041/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:43 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915041/ has acquired New Zealand-based Kiwi Enterprises. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Austin-based SolarWinds, which develops network management software, acquired Kiwi Enterprises’... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915012/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:07:56 -0500 Austin Business Journal http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915012/ Israeli backers condemn priest's 'tasteless vandalism' A Catholic priest who splattered a mixture of his blood and paint on an Israeli memorial plaque during a protest yesterday said it was a symbolic... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915037/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:29 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915037/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:46 am Press Release: Residents Action Movement Stop the killing in Gaza!Media releaseRAM – Residents Action Movement6 January, 2009Wellington RAM members tod... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915046/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:52 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915046/ A Cromwell woman has gone "AWOL", leaving a family gathering and disappearing in the Franz Josef area. Jessica Roberts, 28, left her Cromwell family home on Saturday morning and was last se... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915057/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:26:55 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915057/ 7 January 2009 Benji Madden plans to warn off his 11-month-old niece’s suitors with a shotgun.The Good Charlotte rocker is fiercely protective of Harlow – his twin brother Joel’s daughter with ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915015/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:34 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915015/ A large paper recycling plant is on fire in South Auckland. The Paper Reclaim plant on Hugo Johnston Drive is near the abandoned Southdown meatworks which was destroyed in a major blaze last month. ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915055/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:01 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915055/ Chris Rattue: Sonny Fai destined for shining career A helicopter was to return to Bethells Beach on Auckland's west coast today but searchers say there is no chance of finding rising Warriors star S... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915035/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:35 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915035/ Two Christchurch girls visiting their father for the holidays were among four people who perished in a South Auckland house fire early yesterday. The two girls, aged 11 and seven, were sleeping in th... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915058/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:32:00 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915058/ 7 January 2009 John Travolta’s teenage son reportedly died from a “seizure disorder”.An autopsy on 16-year-old Jett – who died on Friday (02.01.09) after collapsing in the bathroom of his fam... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915018/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:23 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915018/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:44 am Press Release: Hastings District Council Summer Temperatures Heighten Fire RiskSoaring summer temperatures has made Hastings District one of the driest areas ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915045/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:15 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915045/ Actor Josh Brolin will not face charges over a fight in a bar. Photo / AP LOS ANGELES - An attorney for actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright says prosecutors have agreed to drop all charges in an ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915070/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:29 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915070/ More Kiwis are feeling optimistic about their financial situation now than they were earlier last year, a new poll suggests.Despite the torrent of gloomy financial news, more Kiwis are feeling confide... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915040/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:23 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915040/ New Zealanders seem to think the worst of the financial crisis is over, with a new survey suggesting an increase in financial optimism since earlier this year.The survey of 500 people by Research New ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915025/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:45 -0500 National Business Review http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915025/ The family of a former Taranaki man who died in Spain two days before Christmas is anxiously waiting for answers about his death. Benjamin (Benny) John Coulson, 31, died in a Spanish hospital, in La ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915056/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:26:58 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915056/ Despite a near 10 percent fall in whole milk prices in the latest trading on its internet-based sales platform, dairy giant Fonterra is pointing to a slight rise in spot prices as a sign that the mark... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915053/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:00 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915053/ New Zealand's monthly trade deficit narrowed to $520 million in November, as exports rose faster than imports compared to a year earlier.Releasing the data today, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said the... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915027/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:49 -0500 National Business Review http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915027/ A 19-year-old south Auckland man has been charged with aggravated robbery following an armed house invasion on Monday.Damien Kingi will appear in Waitakere District Court on January 13 for a d... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915032/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:39 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915032/ 7 January 2009 Finalists for the men's pairs and women's singles have been found at the National Bowls Championships in Auckland.Matt Gallop and Chris Le Lievre have hammered Dan Delaney and Mike Nas... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915021/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:23 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915021/ Sixty firefighters are battling a serious blaze within the Carter Holt Harvey building in Penrose, Auckland.Reports of paper bales on fire within the building's grounds were received at 11.35am.Fiftee... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915030/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:42 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915030/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:31 am Press Release: Leisure Active Get Active this summer with Lively ParksGet moving and have fun in the outdoors this summer with the Lively Parks programme. Leis... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915050/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:11 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915050/ The dreaded stomach bug norovirus has struck at a Taranaki rest home.Thornleigh Park in New Plymouth is in lockdown and has been excluding all but vital visitors since Monday when 12 people came down ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915036/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:31 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915036/ The Department of Conservation has declared war on a giant pest invading the South Taranaki coastline.It has hired three machete-wielding abseilers to eradicate an infestation of giant Chilean rhubarb... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20914733/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:33 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20914733/ Police are appealing for information about a Cromwell woman missing since Saturday morning.Jessica Roberts, 28, left her home during a family gathering and was last seen about 6pm on Saturday driving ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915034/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:36 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915034/ Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:50 am Press Release: Britz Campervans Baz And Dropping Petrol Prices Put Self-Drive Adventures Back On The MapBritz Discount Offer Makes Campervans The Ideal Way To ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915042/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:39 -0500 Scoop http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915042/ 7 January 2009 Fire fighters say sprinkler systems would have lessened the damage to a group of Dargaville stores.A fire ripped through five buildings in the Northland town on Monday night, destroyin... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915019/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:12 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20915019/ (RTTNews) - The New Zealand stock market opened marginally higher on Wednesday, following modest gains made overnight on Wall Street.The benchmark NZX 50 index was up 6.84 points or 0.25% to 2,790.22... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20912745/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:58:23 -0500 Quote.com http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20912745/ Another three members of the family remain in Middlemore Hospital with burns after the fire, which swept through the Mangere house in the early hours of yesterday morning. Fire investigators have esta... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909318/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:15 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909318/ doubtful starter for Wellington, they'll be short on confidence. Andy Moles, their coach, has stressed the need to be more ruthless to finish games off after gaining the upper-hand, and emphasised the... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20908947/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:27 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20908947/ Erakovic has scored her first singles win on the WTA tour since July, winning through to the second round of the ASB Tennis Classic with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives. The kiw... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909326/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:55 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909326/ The 27-year-old was found strangled, beaten and stabbed in the river on December 19th. Detective Inspector Greg Williams says some clients have already come forward, and now police are starting to tr... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909323/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:00 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909323/ The sleep-deprived skipper of a nine-metre yacht forced to abandon his voyage near Kaikoura last Friday was steering in the wrong direction. The crew 22-year-old twin brothers from Christchurch had e... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909306/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:33 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909306/ Federated Farmers says the ground is extremely hard on some parts of the coast, especially in Gisborne, Wairoa and the Hawke's Bay. Spokesman Frank Brenmuhl says this could effect farmers if it conti... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909321/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:05 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909321/ Police will track clients of a murdered Christchurch prostitute through a client book found in her handbag. Detective Inspector Greg Williams, who is heading the homicide investigation, said police h... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909307/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:25 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909307/ He was part of a group of four people climbing Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuka yesterday. They got to the top and were heading back down for an overnight stay in a hut when the man slid, only stopping when he hit ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909325/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:53 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909325/ Every two months, a 22,000-litre container of Invercargill icecream leaves Timaru or Lyttelton for Vietnam. Rebranded X-Cream in pottles adorned with images of the Southern Alps and a yellow-eyed pen... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909305/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:38 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909305/ Two Aranui teenagers narrowly escaped a fire that consumed a Eureka Street home in Christchurch yesterday. Tangaroa Kingi, 14, and a friend were at home yesterday when they noticed flames licking the... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909304/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:42 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909304/ The Auckland City Council had promised to also send a support letter."We are getting quite a strong message that there is support for this," said Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams.Mr Power... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909301/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:57 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909301/ The driver has escaped unhurt. The fire service says there doesn't appear to be any spillage of chemicals from the truck but the road is expected to remain closed until at least 11 o'clock while the ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909324/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:02 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909324/ A free vaccination critics say encourages sexual promiscuity by teenage girls will be extended to focus on 12-year-old girls. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is this month being made avail... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909313/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:10 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909313/ 15 December 2008 More than 160 jobs are set to be lost with the closure of Meadow Mushrooms, one of the biggest employers in the Waikato town of Morrinsville.The company was fined $32,000 last month ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909297/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:56 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909297/ A prosecutor has asked that Bernard Madoff be jailed pending trial, saying the disgraced financier violated an agreement with the court by mailing watches, jewellery, cufflinks and mittens worth more ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909327/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:58 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909327/ Emergency services at the site of the Jet boat, Jet ski collision on the Kawarau River A Queenstown jetboat operator called for permits to be required on the Kawarau River even before two men lost t... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909299/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:00:25 -0500 One News http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909299/ Israeli tank shells have killed more than 40 Palestinians at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909312/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:13 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909312/ 6 January 2009 New Zealand men's hockey coach Shane McLeod is using the upcoming invitational tournament in India to blood some new players.Established Black Sticks Ryan Archibald, Blair Hopping, Dav... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909298/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:58 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909298/ A repeat rapist serving an open-ended prison sentence has failed in a wide-ranging attack on the parole system. Michael Carroll has been in prison since March 1988 when he was sentenced to preventive... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909315/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:05 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909315/ After eating snapper from the fishermen's lines, the shark found the berley bag and devoured it as Malcolm Frith took its photo. Photo / Supplied A group of Auckland fishermen weren't the only ones... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909303/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:55 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909303/ The bodies of two men killed in a collision between a jet boat and a jet-ski were recovered from the Kawarau River near Queenstown yesterday, with the police focus now on determining how the accident ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909314/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:08 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909314/ The child had fallen off water skis off Two Mile Bay when she was run over by another boat. Police are also investigating the death, but say it is too early to know whether any charges will be laid. ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909322/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:58 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909322/ The jet-boat driver who died in a collision with a jet-ski on the Kawarau River near Queenstown on Monday night has been described as a cautious jet boater who was in the wrong place at the wrong time... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909310/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:19 -0500 The Press http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909310/ 7 January 2009 A Maritime Safety official will today begin investigating the death of a nine-year-old girl on Lake Taupo.The child had fallen off water skis off Two Mile Bay when she was run over by ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909296/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:46 -0500 NZ City http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20909296/ GOOD WITH THE BAD: A Ray Morgan survey shows the National Bank rates highly with small businesses while its stablemate the ANZ doesn't fare as well. http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904034/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:49 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904034/ Trudging into the dock, Marcus Carlin proudly wore his latest taunt to police on his chest. "How to avoid the cops - run away, hide and throw them a donut." The words ran across his black s... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904046/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:48 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904046/ Christmas came a week early last year for Bridget Graham, with the news she would be receiving a New Year honour. The Maungakiekie Community Board chairwoman has been awarded the Queen’s Servic... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904052/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:32 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904052/ Family members and friends embrace on the beach after Genevieve Lewis' death. Photo / Sarah Ivey For years, Genevieve Lewis had been coming to her grandparents' place on the shores of Lake Taupo for t... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904022/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:05 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904022/ Thousands of operations and specialist appointments are cancelled every year because patients fail to show up, district health board figures show. Senior doctors say patients who cancel on the day or... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904041/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:28:03 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904041/ Marina Erakovic will be hoping Split Enz were wrong and that history really does repeat itself at the ASB Tennis Centre today.A year after toppling top-seed Vera Zvonareva in the third round of her ho... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904055/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:54 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904055/ The ex-husband of missing Auckland tramper Irina Yun has promised their 4-year-old daughter he will bring her mother home alive.Oleg Amitov believes his former wife is still alive, despite searchers h... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904028/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:50 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904028/ Just as the former Labour Government came up with the ill-fated "Closing the Gaps" committee in 2000, John Key has put his own stamp on his Cabinet to reflect his policy goals.The number of committees... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904030/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:41 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904030/ An Israel support group has condemned a Catholic priest who splattered red paint over a memorial toformer Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.Father Gerard Burns, the parish priest of Te Ngakau Tapu ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904016/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:48 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904016/ A witness watched in disbelief as a young waterskier was run over and killed on Lake Taupo. A nine-year-old girl, waterskiing behind her parents' boat, died when she was hit by another boat while... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904045/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:53 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904045/ Prime Minister John Key has reinstated a Cabinet committee dedicated to Treaty of Waitangi settlements - the first time such a committee has existed since Jim Bolger was Prime Minister more than a dec... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904029/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:39 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904029/ Analysis of past sharemarket cycles suggests the NZX 50 is at rock bottom, but hasty bargain-hunting investors should be wary of a new year mauling, broker Forsyth Barr says. Historically, big New Ze... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904039/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:38 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904039/ Anton Woitasek with wife Sarah, son Bradley, 10, and daughter Nicola, 7. Photo / Supplied The jet boat and jet ski involved in a fatal collision on the Kawarau River on Monday night appear to have col... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904025/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:59 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904025/ Mrs Sau's 15-year-old daughter Brenda and her 1-year-old grandson Tyreece both died inside the property, as did Mr Sau's two daughters - Taua, 11, and Mia, 7.Two of the girls were found in the living ... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904021/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:07 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904021/ "The latest research indicates that residential alcohol and drug treatment in the community reduces reoffending by up to 43 per cent. Treatment in prison reduces reoffending by between 13 per cent and... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904024/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:01 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904024/ The credit crunch has stopped a $50 million Wellington apartment development and its backer believes few new projects will go ahead in the city any time soon. Property developer Steve Donnelly won th... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904038/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:35 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904038/ When they hear the word "infrastructure" most people think of the road network. When they hear references to infrastructural projects they think, in Auckland anyway, of the harbour bridge. In the abse... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904017/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:38 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904017/ Heavy trucks are unlikely to be allowed back on the Auckland Harbour Bridge outer clip-on lanes, a senior Transport Agency official indicated yesterday.Acting regional manager Tommy Parker stood by an... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20901914/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:45 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20901914/ Editorial: Choof off, Jimmy, your precious brand is safe The Kaukapakapa mother threatened with legal action by shoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo over her company name is fighting back.Looie James, ow... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904026/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:56 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904026/ Concerns about the mental health of their skipper prompted two yachties to jump overboard and swim to shore near Kaikoura.Three people on board the nine-metre yacht Soundsgood were all related and wer... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904020/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:10 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904020/ Exporters should find a weakening kiwi dollar provides some support in 2009 against falling demand and prices for their agricultural and manufactured products. But exactly how low the kiwi goes in th... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904036/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:44 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904036/ Performance-car lovers are roaring out of hibernation with the fall of petrol prices, dusting off their gas-guzzling babies and taking to the streets. Drag-racer and car enthusiast Nikki Dunlop is ju... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904040/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:28:05 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904040/ Insurance premiums could rise up to 10 percent this year, as insurers try to maintain earnings. An increase in house and content claims, especially in winter, combined with reduced returns on investm... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904035/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:47 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904035/ Bad weather yesterday again delayed a last-ditch search for the body of missing Auckland tramper Irina Yun in Mount Aspiring National Park. Wanaka search and rescue co-ordinator, Sergeant Aaron Nicho... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904049/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:42 -0500 Stuff http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904049/ The new National Government has promised to double the places in prison drug and alcohol treatment units from 500 to 1000 by 2011, and new Justice Minister Simon Power says he would like to get treatm... http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904018/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:40 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.newzealandstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/14d7eba4e435d135/id/20904018/