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Policeman who fired fatal shot to give evidence
The policeman who accidentally shot dead a teenage courier driver is expected to give evidence at the coroner's inquest into the teenager's death this week.
November 24, 2009, 2:29 pm -
Iceberg splits in two
The large iceberg that was spotted between Antarctica and New Zealand over a week ago has split in two and is slowing drifting north
November 24, 2009, 2:21 pm -
Matamata thieves steal hives, rustle bees
Thieves have rustled more than million bees from a Matamata beekeeper.
November 24, 2009, 2:21 pm -
IHC workers strike over wage freeze
Over 3000 community support workers will strike on Friday after negotiations with disabled care provider IHC failed to secure them a pay rise.
November 24, 2009, 2:21 pm -
Fund a reminder of student lost on Erebus
This summer a Waikato University student will study Hawke's Bay rock formations, a six-week field trip paid for by a fund established as a memorial to a student who died on Erebus in the 1979 Air New Zealand crash.
November 24, 2009, 2:20 pm -
A disaster that became part of the national psyche
Air New Zealand Flight 901 on November 28, 1979, ended as a national tragedy and mystery that persists to this day, writes MAX LAMBERT of NZPA.
November 24, 2009, 2:20 pm -
Last words on Flight 901
The following is a shortened transcript from the cockpit voice recorder of Air New Zealand Flight 901, which hit Mt Erebus in Antarctica 30 years ago on November 28, 1979, killing all 257 people on board. Times are GMT.
November 24, 2009, 2:18 pm -
Early childhood pay agreement settled
More than a thousand early childhood teachers and staff are getting a pay rise, after the settlement and ratification of their collective agreement.
November 24, 2009, 2:17 pm -
List of people killed in Erebus disaster
A list of the 257 people killed in the Erebus air disaster on November 28, 1979.
November 24, 2009, 2:17 pm -
Goff relaxed about Maori flag choice
Labour leader Phil Goff says he is relaxed that a Maori flag will fly alongside the New Zealand flag at Premier House on Waitangi Day next year.
November 24, 2009, 2:02 pm -
Defence urges jury not to convict out of pity for family
The jury in the trial of Stephen Hudson should not convict him out of pity for the victim's family, says his defence lawyer Mike Antunovic.
November 24, 2009, 2:01 pm -
Hoard of gold, silver and rare coins stolen in heist
Burglars lucked into a hoard of precious metals and rare coins when they stole a steel case from a rural Porirua house earlier this month.
November 24, 2009, 1:43 pm -
Armed robber caught on camera
Porirua police are using CCTV footage to track down an armed robber.
November 24, 2009, 1:15 pm -
Minister gives union executive story time
Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley says there was no meaning intended when she read teacher union leaders a story about a rat happy with his lot in life.
November 24, 2009, 1:02 pm -
Govt defends ramming ETS legislation through house
The Government is defending ramming its emissions trading scheme (ETS) through Parliament this week, as Labour attacks the process and design of the climate change legislation.
November 24, 2009, 1:00 pm -
Iceberg splits in two, heads to New Zealand
An iceberg which split in half near Macquarie Island, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, is slowly drifting north, a polar travel company says.
November 24, 2009, 12:58 pm -
Battle brewing over ETS bill
Parliament will move into urgency today, to pass its controversial emissions trading scheme into law by the end of the week.
November 24, 2009, 12:49 pm -
Early childhood teachers agree two-year pay deal
More than a thousand early childhood staff have ratified a collective pay agreement which will give them 4 percent pay rises over each of the next two years.
November 24, 2009, 12:41 pm -
Warriors join police to promote anti-violence message
Warriors rugby league players are getting behind a police campaign in greater Auckland to reduce family violence.
November 24, 2009, 12:41 pm -
Body identified as missing man
A body found at the former Riding for Disabled site in Gisborne has been identified as missing man Simon Eckersley.
November 24, 2009, 12:40 pm
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