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Child cases surge
International child abduction cases spiked by nearly a quarter in the past year, when 130 children were illegally moved in or out of New Zealand. Most were Kiwi kids taken overseas. Family lawyers say most cases involved foreign-born mothers taking children back to their home countries, which included Honduras, Israel and Malta. About two-thirds involved a parent illegally taking a child to, or ...
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Child cases surge
International child abduction cases spiked by nearly a quarter in the past year, when 130 children were illegally moved in or out of New Zealand. Most were Kiwi kids taken overseas. Family lawyers say most cases involved foreign-born mothers taking children back to their home countries, which included Honduras, Israel and Malta. About two-thirds involved a parent illegally taking a child to, or ...
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Child cases surge
International child abduction cases spiked by nearly a quarter in the past year, when 130 children were illegally moved in or out of New Zealand. Most were Kiwi kids taken overseas. Family lawyers say most cases involved foreign-born mothers taking children back to their home countries, which included Honduras, Israel and Malta. About two-thirds involved a parent illegally taking a child to, or ...
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Scan more criminals union says
Corrections staff are calling for special scanning chairs in all prisons after doctors found a cellphone hidden in the rectum of an injured Paremoremo prisoner. Boss (body orifice scanner) chairs are metal-detecting seats that locate objects hidden in cavities. A Boss could detect cellphones and metal weapons. The prisoner injured in a stabbing at Auckland's Paremoremo Prison last Tuesday has ...
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Govt eyes school board mergers
The Government might look at merging the boards of small neighbouring schools that struggled to get enough suitable candidates for this week's nationwide board of trustee elections. More than 1,000 schools will not have elections this year because they have only enough candidates to fill the positions, meaning no vote is required, the Herald on Sunday has learned. Responding to the numbers, ...
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Kidnap victim mutilated
The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de VenA contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, after ...
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Kidnap victim mutilated
The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de VenA contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, after ...
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Kidnap victim mutilated
The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de VenA contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, after ...
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Same singer same choir new gender
Griffin Nichol used to be a woman who sang soprano in the New Zealand Youth Choir. Now, he's back in the choir as a man with a powerful tenor voice. Nichol has been selected again after making the female-to-male transition through a testosterone course from 2010. He admits not knowing what would happen to his singing career was his biggest ...
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Secrecy rules under review
Secrecy rules protecting the names of errant teachers are headed for a shake-up in Parliament. The Herald on Sunday has been pushing for changes to the rules which automatically protect the privacy of teachers subject to complaints. In January, the newspaper reported there was an absolute ban on reporting proceedings before the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal. Wellington barrister Graeme Edgeler ...
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Weta worries unions
Foreign workers are being targeted for more than 500 visual-effects jobs for the production of the next mega-movie in The Hobbit series. Wellington-based special-effects giant Weta Digital, co-owned by Sir Peter Jackson, has asked Immigration New Zealand for approval in principle to outsource 526 positions. Weta says most are just extensions to visas that are about to expire and the company has ...
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Wetas foreign imports worry unions
Foreign workers are being targeted for more than 500 visual-effects jobs for the production of the next mega-movie in The Hobbit series. Wellington-based special-effects giant Weta Digital, co-owned by Sir Peter Jackson, has asked Immigration New Zealand for approval in principle to outsource 526 positions. Weta says most are just extensions to visas that are about to expire and the company has ...
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Weta worries unions
Foreign workers are being targeted for more than 500 visual-effects jobs for the production of the next mega-movie in The Hobbit series. Wellington-based special-effects giant Weta Digital, co-owned by Sir Peter Jackson, has asked Immigration New Zealand for approval in principle to outsource 526 positions. Weta says most are just extensions to visas that are about to expire and the company has ...
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Rare visitor fatally shot
A pelican found shot dead on the banks of the Waikato River. Photo / SuppliedA pelican - one of only 20 believed to be in the country - has been found shot dead on the banks of the Waikato River. Biosecurity contractor Philip Mabin, who found the dead bird, told the Herald on Sunday he could hardly believe his eyes when he spotted three rare pelicans on the banks of the river 10 days ago. Te ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch of forest around the Mataia Homestead by the Kaipara Harbour, northwest of Auckland. Property owner and conservationist Kevin Adshead said a pest ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch of forest around the Mataia Homestead by the Kaipara Harbour, northwest of Auckland. Property owner and conservationist Kevin Adshead said a pest ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch of forest around the Mataia Homestead by the Kaipara Harbour, northwest of Auckland. Property owner and conservationist Kevin Adshead ...
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Cost-cuts will take beach lifesaver jobs
Surf Life Saving Northern Region is cutting jobs to reduce costs. The planned changes are outlined in a letter sent to the northern region's club members. It said the cuts were to "reduce costs so that SLSNR operates within its means". Among those to go will be three club development officers whose work includes looking after 17 clubs from Whangarei to Raglan, operating the communications ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch of forest around the Mataia Homestead by the Kaipara Harbour, northwest of Auckland. Property owner and conservationist Kevin Adshead said a pest ...
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Curative power of clowns prescribed
About 20 clowns have been accepted into New Zealand's first academic programme to become fully qualified medical comedians. A medical clown is an entertainer who has been trained to specifically work in a medical environment. The clowns entertain sick children and their families, to help lift their spirits, reduce stress and fear, and encourage laughter. Christchurch professor Dr Thomas ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch of forest around the Mataia Homestead by the Kaipara Harbour, northwest of Auckland. Property owner and conservationist Kevin Adshead said a pest ...
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Rugby Kiwis pride at being a Lion
Former Crusaders winger Sean Maitland, another New Zealand export, wants to achieve two things on the Lions tour of Australia - make the test team and play against his cousin, the controversial Quade Cooper. While Kiwi-born Maitland is confident he can muscle his way into the British Lions test team for the forthcoming three-match rumble against Australia (and believes a first series win in 16 ...
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Thrush joins All Blacks training camp
Hurricanes lock Jeremy Thrush has been called into Sunday's second All Blacks training group camp in Mount Maunganui. He replaces 77-Test All Black Ali Williams who announced his retirement from international rugby on Friday.Thrush will join the 37 other players named in the training group earlier this month, including Highlanders Hosea Gear, Andrew Hore, Ma'a Nonu, Aaron Smith, Ben ...
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Nicole Bremner Let the Auckland debate continue
Ah yes, ratepayers have long memories and Auckland's messy past isn't all that long ago. The Mayor has welcomed all the debate, argument and discussion. Long may it continue - the next generation of Aucklanders is counting on ...
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Kiwi make a comeback in Kaipara
For the first time in more than 50 years, kiwi are back in Kaipara. Gill and Kevin Adshead have given 400 hectares of farmland to create the Mataia Restoration project, and today five kiwi were released into the bush there. It has taken the Adheads several years to make the area a safe haven from ...
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New Zealand stepping up for regional fisheries
New Zealand is regional power in the Pacific and this is reflected in our ongoing involvement in the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, which is the mechanism by which the region manages one of its greatest natural resources.
New Zealand has long been a regional power in the South Pacific, and in this capacity the country has lead a number of major initiatives undertaken alone or in conjunction with other Pacific Island nations, the most important of these have been policies aimed at environmental protection and sustainability, as well as monitoring and rehabilitation of important environmental resources, such as the Pacific fisheries. Read more
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