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Pilot unhurt after emergency landing
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:54
A pilot of a small plane emerged unscathed after an emergency landing on Papamoa Beach near Mount Maunganui this afternoon.
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Guilty verdict for Dean Wickliffe
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:54
High profile killer Dean Wickliffe guilty has been convicted of drugs and weapon charges.
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Man charged over camper stabbing
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:54
A 53-year-old Briton has been charged over the late-night stabbing of a camper near Queenstown.
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Pedestrian hit by car dies
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:52
A man is dead after being hit by a truck in the south Auckland suburb of Mangere today.
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No health issues from Mapua cleanup
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:48
The clean up process at one of New Zealand's most polluted sites is unlikely to cause long-term health problems, the Ministry of Health says.
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Charges laid against Cody Derek Martin
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:48
Five charges of assault using a car as a weapon have been laid against a man arrested after a domestic-violence incident in Hills Road, Christchurch, on Saturday night.
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Storm blows albatross into suburban yard
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:36
A massive albatross that was injured in Friday's stormy weather is now recovering at Wellington Zoo.
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Disruption on Upper Hutt train line
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:28
Some Upper Hutt train line passengers had to take part of their journey by bus this afternoon because of a fault disrupting services between Trentham and Upper Hutt.
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Death mystery: relatives close ranks
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:14
Relatives and associates of a man who brutally killed at an Auckland house nearly six months ago are still withholding evidence about what happened, say police.
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Ute rolls over man
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:12
A Havelock man suffered chest and leg injuries after being run over by his own ute this morning.
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Karla Cardno's killer denied parole
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 02:55
The man who kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered Lower Hutt teen Karla Cardno has been declined parole.
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Wintry blast to hit South Island
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 01:11
A cold front forecast to hit New Zealand tomorrow will result in abrupt temperature drops in the South Island.
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Lost witness tapes delay paedophile's appeal
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 00:50
A convicted paedophile's appeal hearing has been postponed for an unspecified period as lawyers from both sides try to find videotapes of the witness interviews.
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Victims' families take aim at police, Corrections
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 00:27
The families of two young people killed by known criminals have dropped their bid to hold individual police officers and public servants to account for their deaths - but are still pursuing the organisations they work for.
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Mum watches tree trap son
New Zealand National News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 00:05
A wheelbarrow is being credited for saving Rarangi teenager Harry Taylor from serious injury after he was struck by the falling branch of a large willow tree when a southerly storm blasted through Marlborough on Friday.
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Vercoe's head 'kicked like a rugby ball'
New Zealand National News - Sun, 03/14/2010 - 23:44
An eyewitness to an attack on Bay of Plenty school principal and Environment Bay of Plenty councillor Hawea Vercoe says his head was kicked like a rugby ball.
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No memories of Lion Rock fall
New Zealand National News - Sun, 03/14/2010 - 23:33
Two men who nearly died after a fall from Lion Rock at Piha Beach on Auckland's west coast nearly three weeks ago have been unable to tell police what happened.
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Censured doctor back at work
New Zealand National News - Sun, 03/14/2010 - 23:27
A South Auckland doctor found guilty of working without a current practising certificate and forging a certificate has already returned to medical practice, after a two-month suspension.
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Rower's porridge diet
New Zealand National News - Sun, 03/14/2010 - 23:11
Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey still has a liking for cold porridge after he ate it for four days on the trot while battling to make a landing in New Zealand yesterday.
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Tamahere survivor back fighting major fire
New Zealand National News - Sun, 03/14/2010 - 22:50
A firefighter critically injured in the 2008 Tamahere Icepak coolstore blaze was back on the front line yesterday tackling Hamilton's biggest fire since that fatal day.
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