Saturday 28th January, 2012
Dairy sales keep New Zealand trade in surplus
Record high values for New Zealand dairy products and increased exports, particularly to Australia and China, maintained New Zealand's trade surplus for a third straight quarter during ...
Ross Taylor doubtful for remainder of Zimbabwe tour due to calf injury
New Zealand captain Ross Taylor's participation in the first cricket test against Zimbabwe and the rest of the series is in doubt after he suffered a suspected torn calf muscle. Taylor travelled to ...
Kiwi's must discover form against Uzbekistan
New Zealand Davis Cup captain Marcel Vos has named a predictable team for the tie against Uzbekistan but he'll need the team to play some of their best ever tennis to progress to the next ...
'Musketeers' come to friend's rescue
StuffAQUATIC FEAT: Nine-year-old Luke Rathgen, centre, is lucky his friends, Jack Dawson, 9, left, and Dylan Flatman, 10, were watching his back while swimming at Southbridge ...
Magistrate linked to hit and run
StuffA community magistrate is understood to have been travelling with the man accused of a fatal hit and run. The Waikato Times understands the magistrate was a passenger in the car involved in the ...
Council gets smart in spy car review
StuffWellington'st most loathed car will be reined in and reviewed after public outrage. Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has ordered a review of the Parkwise spy car after growing pressure ...
Quake jobs lure workers
Southland TimesHundreds of construction workers plan to leave the south to rebuild Christchurch, but Venture Southland says there could be $16 billion of infrastructure projects in Southland in the next few years ...
Fill-in radiologist stood down after errors
StuffRecruitment processes at Southland Hospital are under review after a locum radiologist was stood down because of his error rate three weeks after he began work on December 1. The hospital was ...
Shock lay-offs after fire insurance gaffe
StuffOwner of a Hastings company destroyed by fire have been forced to lay off 44 staff after finding their insurance policy did not cover wages for loss of business. Hawk Packaging management told ...
Speed limits near schools enforced
Southland TimesDrivers are being reminded to heed speed limits near schools and schoolbuses as pupils return to class next week. Queenstown Lakes District Council transport manager Denis Mander said drivers ...
No crunching NZ apples this weekend
StuffIs Prime Minister Julia Gillard dragging her heels on making good her bet with John Key over the Rugby World Cup? If she hasn't done so already, this weekend might be the perfect ...
Plane flips but pilot 'calm' after crash
StuffROUGH LANDING: A light plane from the air force's Red Checkers aerobatics team lies upside down after a forced landing near the Desert ...
Agreement on Queenstown airport noise
Southland TimesEducation Minister Hekia Parata wants options for noise management at a preferred site for a new Wakatipu high school, a lawyer said yesterday. Parties at an Environment Court hearing in ...
Key makes move on Tasman travel
StuffPrime Minister John Key is pushing fresh moves to speed up trans-Tasman travel – including passport-free travel for holidaymakers. But he may meet resistance, with Australia looking to ...
Crafar buyer eyes more Kiwi land
StuffThe multimillionaire Chinese investor behind a successful bid for the Crafar farms has another purchase already lined up and being considered by the Government. Jiang Zhaobai, counted among the ...
PowerNet boss calls it quit
Southland TimesMartin Walton has gone from a young engineer at a chemical plant in the north of England to the man who ran Southland's entire electricity supply for more than a decade. Now the chief ...
Pinot noir hits the spot
Southland TimesRIVALS IN RED: Burgundy winegrower Thibault Liger-Belair reckons growers in the famed French pinot noir region should be worried, after he tasted Central Otago pinot noirs at Northburn ...
Man dead after road rage stabbing
StuffJill Rua a watched as a man reached into a car and stabbed a motorist to death. Moments earlier she had seen two young men walk up to the red car, yelling and screaming, in Logie St, Stokes ...
Marryatt may keep $34,000
StuffEmbattled Christchurch City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt has rejected a controversial $68,000 pay rise, but may hold on to the more than $34,000 he has already been paid. After a ...
Armed men threaten baker and employee
StuffThree armed men threatened a bakery shop owner with firearms then forced a female employee to the ground before stealing her car. Lay Lam Ho, of Paetiki Bakery, was working in his Taupo shop ...
Politics Daily: Ports of Auckland fall out
National Business ReviewDid the Auckland Council cause the current ports dispute? There is much debate around what role, if any, the council should take during the stoush but Bernard Orsman cites ports expert David ...
Trail of the unexpected: Dunedin, New Zealand
The IndependentShould you ever be asked the location of the world's southernmost statue of Robbie Burns, the answer is: in the middle of an octagonal piazza in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. I know this ...
Traveller's Guide: New Zealand
The IndependentNew Zealand has endured easier years than 2011. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch in February brought death and despair to a country better known as a realm of pastoral beauty. A ...
Pike River body recovery up to five years away - expert
TVNZwatch Recovering the bodies of the men killed in the Pike River explosion will take several years with July 2015 being the earliest possible date, an independent expert says. The explosion in the ...
New Zealand house sales increase but prices fall
IBTimesResidential property sales have increased over 20% year on year although nationally prices are falling, the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) show. Sales increased ...
Anxiety in New Zealand as Chinese buy dairy farms
The Miami HeraldWELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as economic ties with the Asian powerhouse grow ever deeper, sparking considerable anxiety in a ...
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