Crown monitor set to oversee troubled DHB
By TRACY WATKINS - The Dominion Post | 02:45PM
Northland doctor Ian Brown will be installed as Crown monitor on the board of Capital and Coast Health under a rescue package due to be announced today.
Fonterra payout forecast new record
Forecast represents jump of $3.05b in farmer revenue
The average Fonterra farmer is set to receive a payout of at least $806,180 this season, after the cooperative today boosted its forecast to a record $6.90/kg milksolids.
Whanau fight over burial of body
By BEN FAWKES - The Dominion Post
The body of a young woman that was spirited away from a Lower Hutt funeral home by her estranged father and buried near Ruatoria may be exhumed.
Youth suspected of rape on bail out again
A 16-year-old Matamata youth suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl while on bail for an aggravated robbery has been bailed, despite police objections.
Driver sentenced for tourist bus crash
| 01:48PM
A Korean driver who crashed his tourist coach resulting in three passengers each losing an arm escaped a custodial sentence at Tokoroa District Court today.
Kitchen knives found in fatal stabbing investigation
Aussies nabbed in international drug raid
AAP
Police in six countries have arrested 40 people, including 14 in Australia, during co-ordinated raids which authorities say have smashed an important international drug ring.
Police suspect dumped woman bashed to death
Playing at home lures George to Mystics
By ROBERT LOWE
Livewire centre Temepara George's desire to play for a "home" team is the reason she has opted for the Northern Mystics in the new trans-Tasman netball competition.
George confirms Mystics signing
Reid keen for smoother ride in China A1 GP
Fonterra payout forecast new record
Forecast represents jump of $3.05b in farmer revenue
The average Fonterra farmer is set to receive a payout of at least $806,180 this season, after the cooperative today boosted its forecast to a record $6.90/kg milksolids.
Author Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's
Stuff.co.nz | 03:21PM
Terry Pratchett, the author behind the best-selling Discworld series, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Blues legend Ike Turner dead at 76
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Cricket Australia has confirmed it is exploring the possibility of trialling day-night Test cricket matches.
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'Naked DSL' prices set
Buying broadband connections without an accompanying phone line is now a step closer.
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Bogan power rivals doctors, nurses
In a battle of the bogans versus the upmarket medical staff, Outrageous Fortune is neck-in-neck with Shortland Street for the title of most popular homegrown television show.
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Bali gets a culture shock
Bali has successfully sold itself as a tropical paradise, but the island resort, which attracts supermodels and rockstars as well as thousands of less famous migrants and tourists, may become a victim of its own success.
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