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Four-finger concert pianist
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
She stands just over a metre high and has only four fingers, but Korean pianist Hee Ah Lee tours the world playing the classics.
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Fulton Hogan to pay reparation for death
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
A contracting company has been ordered to pay reparation and fines totalling $180,000 after the death of a Greymouth welder.
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146ha bush block on Port Hills sold for $1
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
A large area of native bush on Christchurch's Port Hills has been preserved after a $1 sale.
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Te Whiti's stolen mere to return to tomb
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
A priceless mere stolen from Taranaki's Parihaka Marae will be returned to the tomb of the prophet it was taken from.
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Stop complaints and help - foster father
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
People need to stop complaining about children going off the rails and step up to help turn their lives around, a foster father says.
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Judge broke trust to avoid coverup
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
A retired judge says he broke what was intended to be a confidence so he would not be part of a coverup of Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson's conduct.
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Capital tipped to bulge at seams
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 12 min ago
Wellington is expected to be bulging at the seams as visitors arrive for the Rugby World Cup next year but officials say the city will cope.
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Teacher deregistered over student sex
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 15 min ago
A teacher who developed a sexual relationship with a depressed 16-year-old pupil has been deregistered.
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Patients 'at risk' in strike
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 15 min ago
Patients could die as a result of strikes under way and planned for next week by hospital staff, Auckland's chief medical officer of health is warning.
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Boy who's beating the odds
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 15 min ago
Four months ago, Jared was a typical nine-year-old boy who loved rock music, playstation and hanging out with his younger siblings Joseph and Jess.
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10 drivers a day caught drunk
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 27 min ago
Ten people a day are convicted of driving drunk on Canterbury roads, showing the message is not getting through, police say.
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Gun laws under fire after siege
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 27 min ago
The violent deaths of Napier gunman Jan Molenaar and the police officer he shot, sparking a 50-hour siege, could lead to sweeping changes to gun laws.
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Passing hero saves family from fire
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 33 min ago
Her house burned, her smoke alarms did not go off, she is the suspected target of an arsonist and has lost almost everything she owns. Yet Alyce Burr still feels a higher power is looking out for her.
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Bollard tells of rush on $100 bills
New Zealand National News - 8 hours 17 min ago
The Reserve Bank had to raid its vaults to meet a sudden demand for $100 bills during the economic meltdown as savers pulled money out of banks to stuff under the mattress for safe keeping, Governor Alan Bollard says.
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Extra police needed over student fight
New Zealand National News - 10 hours 43 min ago
Extra police were called in to break up a fight involving up to 40 students from Onehunga College in South Auckland late this afternoon.
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Armed robbers threatened 'serious' violence
New Zealand National News - 14 hours 33 min ago
Staff at a west Auckland bank were threatened with serious violence by an armed gang during a robbery yesterday afternoon.
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Police had lack of intelligence about Molenaar
New Zealand National News - 14 hours 52 min ago
The presence of an extra police officer at the search of Jan Molenaar's home may have meant the death of Senior Constable Len Snee was avoided, coroner David Crerar said today.
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Snow falls as wintry blast moves north
New Zealand National News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 04:45
A storm bringing hail, thunder and lightning has hit the bottom of the North Island after passing over the South Island.
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Toddler drowns in Nelson
New Zealand National News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 04:44
A 20-month-old Nelson boy has drowned in Queens Gardens in the central city.
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Girl's attack filmed for broadcast
New Zealand National News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 04:33
The savage bashing and stomping of a 16-year-old girl in the streets of Christchurch was recorded on a cellphone so that the video could be put on the internet, Christchurch District Court was told today.
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