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  • Minister sorry for police actions in raids

    The Police Minister has given the strongest apology yet for police acting unlawfully in the Ruatoki raids. Six years after the so-called terror raids, Anne Tolley has apologised but has not offered any compensation. Last week the Independent Police Conduct Authority found police unlawfully set up road blocks in the Ruatoki raids and people were illegally searched and ...

  • Kiwis wanting to leave their jobs

    A new survey reveals that forty per cent of New Zealand workers are planning to leave their jobs in the next 12 months. The figure comes from a survey by jobs website Seek, and is up seven per cent in the past year. Seek also says the less time someone has been in a role, the more open they are to looking for a new one. Out of people who have been in their current position for less than six ...

  • Arrest threat spurs student loan defaulters

    New student loan measures announced in this month's Budget are already having an impact on expat borrowers. Aimed at clawing back money from overseas borrowers, the measures included the threat of arrest at the border for expats who have defaulted on their loans. Numbers given exclusively to ONE News show a leap in the number of overseas residents contacting the Inland Revenue Department ...

  • Georgie Pie fan forks out for first taste

    A pie-lover has forked out more than $400 to be one of the first people in the country to taste a Georgie Pie, 15 years after the last meaty savoury was sold in New Zealand. Two tickets to an exclusive pre-launch tasting event for 50 Georgie Pie fans were auctioned on the Trade Me website. The top bid was won by shotgunsupp, who paid $450 for the tickets. Proceeds from ...

  • Labour selects Meka Whaitiri

    The New Zealand Labour Party has selected Meka Whaitiri as their candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election at a hui in Taradale today. The selection meeting saw six candidates present to more than 700 Labour Party members at Kokiri Marae in Lower Hutt, Hauiti Marae in Tolaga Bay and St Joseph's Maori Girls' College in Taradale. Meka Whaitiri, a mother of two, grew up in ...

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Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

After its premier at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palm d'or, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark was met equally with intense celebratory applause and boos of vociferous condemnation. It has since divided audiences and critics straight down the middle: either you love it or you hate it. Von Trier is either a boundary-pushing genius or he is a ego-m ... ...

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  • Warriors in big comeback to beat Knights

    The Warriors have produced a remarkable turnaround, beating Newcastle 28-12 in Auckland on Sunday to climb off the bottom of the NRL table.The victory came eight days after the biggest defeat in the club's history when they were thrashed by 62-6 by Penrith.In a seesawing battle, the Warriors showed far more commitment than against the Panthers to bring up just their third win of the ...

  • Auckland mayor stands firm against urban sprawl

    Len Brown: Seeking 'an Auckland' solution (1:38) Auckland's mayor is standing firm against urban sprawl in the face of calls for development outwards to help cope with population growth. Auckland Council's Draft Unitary Plan emphasises creating high density housing with apartments, rather than building new suburbs in outer areas. The plan has been driven by projections that ...

  • UFC Tough day for Kiwi fighters

    New Zealand mixed martial arts fighters Mark Hunt and James Te Huna were both defeated at UFC 160 in Las Vegas today. Hunt, who was on a four-fight win streak heading in to the event, was knocked out in the third round by a vicious spinning wheel kick from Brazilian heavyweight Junior dos Santos. It was only the second time in Hunt's 17-fight MMA career that he had been knocked out and after ...

  • BlackBerry in NZ comeback bid with Z10 backed by Telecom Vodafone

    BlackBerry is making a comeback bid in the NZ market, with a launch for its iPhone-like Z10 on June 4. Telecom and Vodafone tell NBR they will carry the Z10. The more convention Q10 - which has a more traditional BlackBerry designed incorporating a hard keypad - is still being assessed. 2degrees has never supported BlackBerry servers, which are needed to take full advantage of the ...

  • Man slashed in glass attack

    Police said the group had drunk too much alcohol before a fight broke out between a few of them. Photo / File A man's ear was torn in half and his face and neck were slashed when he was attacked with a glass at a Coromandel pub early this morning. The 23-year-old man was part of a group from Pukekohe who had been on a social club outing at the Tui Lodge in Coromandel ...

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