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Key drops in to open cycleway at Ohakune
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Prime Minister John Key has opened a section of the national cycleway network in Ohakune but had no time to enjoy riding the 16-kilometre track.
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Principals get a telling off
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Education Minister Anne Tolley yesterday told hundreds of principals to be quiet, go back to school and do as they're told, and that national standards were staying.
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Neighbour dives for cover in gang shooting
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
A Wairoa resident heard four or five loud shots then silence in a gang shooting on his street.
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Hope photo will jog memories
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Police are calling for sightings of killed man Donald Stewart and his car last weekend to help clarify his movements.
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Piggery too pungent for nearby noses
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
A Morrinsville piggery whose acrid stench left neighbours with burning eyes and headaches and schoolchildren holding their noses in class has been fined $45,000.
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After 72 years, this tragic case is closed
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
'I'll be fine," 12-year-old Ronald Thomas called out to his mum as he chased his new beach ball into the surf at Sumner. They were his final words.
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Poker face part of package for Armeen
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Eleven-year-old Armeen Jeftha is taking on the nation's best after a run of 64 chess wins.
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PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Prime Minister John Key has broken his silence over the controversial bid by a Chinese consortium to buy the Crafar farms, suggesting his personal discomfort over the deal.
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Wires crossed in Serepisos scrap
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
Property tycoon Terry Serepisos has been embroiled in accusations of "tampering" with telecommunications equipment that left hundreds of customers without phone and internet services.
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Home brewer, 80, sold alcohol to police
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
An 80-year-old man who made home-brew whisky and bourbon in his garage has been targeted in a police sting.
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Saved seconds from tragedy
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 13:11
A Te Awamutu man had just seconds to find two young children in choking smoke as his house went up in flames yesterday morning.
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Iwi explain Remutaka proposal
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 12:56
Wairarapa iwi are defending their push to rename the hills between Hutt Valley and Wairarapa as Remutaka.
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All safe after jetboat accident
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 07:30
Three people are safe and well after being thrown from a jetboat in Canterbury earlier this evening.
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Arrest after one-arm bandit robbery
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 07:11
Police have arrested a 32-year-old man following a robbery at a bar north of Auckland.
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Southern Motorway delays after accident
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 06:47
Motorists on Auckland's Southern Motorway are warned to expect delays after a vehicle towing a trailer jack-knifed, blocking two south-bound lanes tonight.
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Driver shaken after fatal house crash
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 06:38
An 86-year-old driver, whose car ploughed into a house on Auckland's North Shore, killing an elderly man, has been discharged from hospital.
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Police probe hotel fire
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 05:42
Police are probing after a suspicious fire at the Pinelands Hotel in Kawerau and reports that the owner was doused in petrol during a robbery before the blaze early today.
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Methadone bag lost in Lower Hutt
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 04:02
Police are warning people not to be tempted to dip into a small bag containing methadone that was lost in Lower Hutt this morning.
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Reports about cop and underage drinkers in bar wrong, say police
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 03:02
Police say media reports that an off-duty Auckland police officer is being investigated after allegedly using his official ID to allow teenage drinkers into a North Shore bar differ "greatly" from the version of events given by other patrons and police who were called out to the bar.
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Cycle track segment opened
New Zealand National News - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 02:31
Move aside giant carrot. Ohakune is also to be known for its cycle track.
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