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Explosion burns Christchurch woman
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 06:14A 76-year-old Christchurch woman is being treated for burns after gas exploded as she tried to relight her cooker in a campervan.
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Nine dead as plane crashes in fireball
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 04:45The Queenstown pilot at the controls of the plane that crashed at Fox Glacier yesterday, killing nine people, was a veteran skydive pilot with thousands of hours of experience, says a former employer.
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The day the earth shook
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 04:43For people in Canterbury, the impact of Saturday's big earthquake will resonate for years.
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Officials scale back medical commitments
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 04:37All non-essential surgical and medical procedures booked in Christchurch for tomorrow have been cancelled as a result of disruption to staff and damage in the region following Saturday's 7.1 earthquake.
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Timber fire at Auckland port
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 03:53Firefighters have battled a blaze at Ports of Auckland where stacks of timber had ignited at Freyburg Wharf.
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'Haka' killer being readied for release
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 02:41The man who murdered a sleeping boy after hearing voices telling him to "kill a Pakeha" is being released despite being regarded as having a "medium/high risk" of reoffending.
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Kiwi woman to 'vanish'
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 02:40A young Kiwi woman is being "vanished" to escape an arranged marriage by her Middle Eastern parents.
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Christchurch quake survivors head to church
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 02:12Amid the earthquake-damaged remains of downtown Christchurch floods of worshippers went to church this morning to give thanks for the city's miraculous escape from disaster.
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Glacier crash pilot industry veteran
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 02:01The Queenstown pilot at the controls of the plane that crashed in Fox Glacier killing eight skydivers and himself was a veteran skydive pilot with thousands of hours of experience, says a former employer.
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Auckland motorway work winds up
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 01:20The revamped southbound lanes of Auckland's southern motorway have now reopened.
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Teachers point finger at criminal students
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Under-fire teachers are turning the focus back on students after the Sunday Star-Times last week revealed dozens of teachers are still working in the classroom despite having serious criminal convictions.
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Rural Canterbury ripped up by quake
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33MP Clayton Cosgrove says it is a ''miracle'' that yesterday morning's earthquake didn't result in a horror death toll.
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Family safe, but home wrecked after quake
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Going to sleep with his bedroom door open probably saved the life of 11-year-old Daniel Roberts.
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Civil Defence earthquake response 'superb' - minister
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33When the big quake hit Canterbury at 4:36am yesterday, the first click of the civil defence response was activated from deep within the bowels of the Beehive.
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Witnesses to quake's destruction
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33The cloudless blue sky over Canterbury belied the chaos on the ground as those at the epicentre of yesterday's quake struggled to come to terms with the devastation.
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My home, my castle - now pull it down
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Five years ago Tony Everett was over the moon when he moved into his brand-new home next to Christchurch's Bexley wetlands, near the Avon. Now he has to pull it down.
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'Sad and bleak day' for South Island - PM
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Prime Minister John Key has described September 4, 2011, as a "sad and bleak day" after the massive earthquake in Christchurch and the plane crash which claimed nine lives at Fox Glacier.
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Christchurch still reeling after quake
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Central Christchurch was a sealed disaster zone last night as the city reeled from the trauma of the country's most damaging earthquake in 70 years.
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Canterbury earthquake can't stop wedding
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33Nothing was getting in the way of a Christchurch couple's big day yesterday, not even a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
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Sex-abuse cuts 'all about costs'
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33A former senior ACC manager says the corporation's cuts to sexual abuse counselling are "all about costs", contrary to ACC Minister Nick Smith's claims they were about ensuring best practice for clients.
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