More children getting help to see
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:25 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Tony RyallMinister of Health23 May 2013More children getting help to seeMore young New Zealanders in need of glasses to correct...
View ArticleResolution of New Zealand meat exports to China
Resolution of New Zealand meat exports to China A resolution has been agreed which should see authorities clearing New Zealand meat exports to China from next week, Primary Industries Minister Nathan...
View ArticleDominion Finance chief executive jailed
Former Dominion Finance chief executive Paul William Cropp has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison. Cropp, 50, was found guilty last month on four charges of theft by a person in a...
View ArticleJapanese man 80 becomes oldest climber to reach top of Mount Everest
KATHMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese...
View ArticleDrug-ring head waits on leave to appeal
File Photo / NZ Herald The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on whether to grant a Far North man - dubbed a drug kingpin for ruling over a multimillion-dollar dealing network - leave to appeal his...
View ArticleMan walks off in stolen boots
Photo / Thinkstock A Greymouth fisherman claims he was so drunk that he walked out of The Warehouse without paying for the socks and boots he had donned in the store. In the Greymouth District Court,...
View ArticleDoctor avoids conviction after slapping wife
File photo / NZ Herald A doctor who has admitted slapping his wife three times in the face has escaped conviction. The doctor, in his 60s, appeared in Auckland District Court today where he was granted...
View ArticleMan sentenced for indecent assault after giving 12-year-old girl synthetic...
File photo / Sarah Ivey A 43-year-old man who gave a 12-year-old girl synthetic cannabis and put his hand up her skirt when she passed out avoided being sent to jail today. The judge hit out against...
View ArticleDealer fined $42000 over fake Trade Me bids
Source: ONE News Auckland car dealer The Auto Co (Millennium) Ltd has been fined $42,000 for what TradeMe says is the biggest ever episode of fake bidding on the site. The car dealership pleaded guilty...
View ArticleKiwi at 8-month low after Chinese manufacturing slows Bernanke says watch data
The New Zealand dollar fell to an eight-month low after figures indicated Chinese manufacturing shrank this month and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told politicians quantitative easing could be...
View ArticleNZ meat cleared across Chinese wharves ministry chided for mistake
New Zealand meat has been cleared to move across Chinese wharves as soon as next week though the administrative logjam has been sheeted home to the Ministry for Primary Industries. Primary Industries...
View ArticleDominion Finance boss jailed
Dominion Finance boss Paul Cropp has been sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment. Justice Graham Lang delivered the sentence at Auckland High Court late this afternoon. Cropp, who turned...
View ArticleOne week to feedback on draft Unitary Plan
Aucklanders have one week to feedback on the draft Auckland Unitary Plan and Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse is urging people to make sure they have had their say."We are undertaking the largest planning...
View ArticleQEII Site Update - No Asbestos Risk At Track
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View ArticleClever Kiwis vie for export awards
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 4:55 pm Press Release: Employers And Manufacturers Association Media statement Thursday, May 23, 2013Clever Kiwis vie for export awardsNew Zealand designers and suppliers of...
View ArticleWhangarei Mayor not seeking re-election
Whangarei Mayor Morris Cutforth said he will not stand for re-election at the October election choosing to focus on his health instead. He told Whangarei District Council yesterday that he and wife...
View ArticleTeen arrested over alleged air rifle threat
Armed police have arrested a teenager who allegedly planned to threaten a Lower Hutt resident with an air rifle. The armed offenders squad was called to a property in Wainuiomata about 3.30pm today....
View ArticleKey visits Christchurch construction sites
Prime Minister John Key visited three major construction sites in Christchurch today which are being hailed as evidence that the post-disaster city has turned from demolition to construction....
View ArticleCompany fined after 120k of fake bidding
If you list an item on an online auction site with a reserve of one dollar, you have to be prepared to sell it for a dollar.That's the advice of the Commerce Commission after an Auckland car company...
View ArticleNew DNA test can detect Bluff oyster-killing infection
A new DNA test has been developed to detect low levels of the Bluff oyster-killer bonamia. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) and molecular diagnostic company dnature have...
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