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Research backs whanau ora
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:04
Even non-Maori families prefer to use social services provided by Maori organisations as they provide a whole-of-family approach, a report released today shows.
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Bus driver robbed by teen
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:53
A bus driver was threatened with a sharp metal object and robbed by a teenager in Mt Maunganui last night.
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Family fed up with waiting on health system
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:01
A Canterbury family has made a life-changing decision to move to Australia to help their sick daughter, after months of delays by the health system here.
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Truck driver charged after crash
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:37
A truck driver has been charged after he failed to take a bend and crashed into a barrier south of Blenheim this morning, tipping the vehicle onto its side and spilling hazardous materials.
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Drunk woman trapped in Hamilton school
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:23
A drunken woman found trapped in a Hamilton school early this morning told police she was just trying to get home ahead of her home detention curfew.
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Cream with your road?
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:15
A leaking milk tanker left a 500m-long strip of cream along State Highway 1 in Northland this morning, leading police to warn motorists to take care on an extremely slippery road.
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Christchurch warned of elaborate lottery scam
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
A sophisticated scam has hit Christchurch from Hong Kong.
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Sharp reaction to yoghurt find
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
When Merial Mitchell opened a container of yoghurt for dessert she discovered an unexpected ingredient – a rusty knife blade.
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Families of victims 'miss out'
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Families of road death victims are unfairly missing out on government financial help, Victim Support says.
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Man watches mate die on road
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Glenn Smith watched helplessly as a close friend died in the middle of State Highway 3 near Waitara yesterday.
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Text exchange led to violence
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Heroics turned into violence and court charges for two Hawera men who were caught up in a text slanging match.
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Healthy eating hard for poor - research
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Low income New Zealand families would have to spend up to a third of their income to eat healthily, a researcher says.
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Rugby star says DOC 'lost cause'
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Former All Black captain Anton Oliver has attacked the Department of Conservation for failing to fight for the preservation of the Nevis River, near Queenstown.
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Finance shake-up - after $8b wiped out
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
The biggest shake-up of the finance sector in 35 years is under way in a bid to restore shattered confidence, but it will be too late for most of those who invested more than $8 billion in finance companies that then failed.
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Rules for emergency grants tightened up
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
Families that repeatedly seek emergency grants from Work and Income to help pay their bills will have to take a budgeting course and could be refused help if they cannot show they have taken steps to improve their situation.
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Car-safety folk get cracking with egg yolks
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs – and the same goes for car safety messages. The yolks are flying as much as the puns in the Transport Agency's new campaign.
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Goldilocks burglar caught napping
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 06:19
A woman caught napping Goldilocks-style in a house she was burgling was today sentenced to supervision.
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Auckland's Birdcage pub reaches new perch
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 06:04
A day later than expected the historic Birdcage pub has finally reached its new temporary perch in a multimillion dollar engineering move.
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$400,000 drug bust at Wellington Airport
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 05:53
A 54-year-old grandmother has appeared in court after police allegedly seized methamphetamine and other drugs in her possession at Wellington Airport yesterday.
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Boat blaze off Wellington coast
New Zealand National News - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 05:50
A boat that caught fire off Wellington's south coast has sunk, despite efforts to tow it to shelter.
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