News Topic - New Zealand

Plea for Brethren arrests
Three former members of the Exclusive Brethren have asked an Australian judge to order the arrest of the sect's leader Bruce Hales and other sect members in New Zealand and Australia. The former sect members told the Federal Court...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 5:08 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in World: Oceania

Step closer to facts of Air NZ tragedy
A cockpit voice recorder said to be badly damaged in the Air New Zealand Airbus tragedy may still hold vital information on the crash which killed seven people, a source involved in the inquiry has revealed.Salvage teams and divers...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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All Blacks: France in the mix from the first game
There won't be any repeat of the Les Blues-inspired premature All Blacks blues when the rugby World Cup returns to New Zealand in 2011.Having been grouped with their nemesis nation for the global showpiece's next incarnation,...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

New markets draw students back to classes
Overseas student numbers may be up in the past three months, but this is because the export education industry has found new markets - and not because students from traditional markets are flocking back.New Zealand's "pure" image...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Rugby: Super 14 jerseys unveiled on kit walk
New Zealand Super 14 players model the new home and away jerseys the franchises will use next season.They are (from left): Charlie Faumuina and Michael Hobbs (Blues), Jackson Willison and Tanerau Latimer (Chiefs), David Smith...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Toxic P-lab home may be demolished
A Housing New Zealand property tied up in the arrests of 10 gang members and associates yesterday was allegedly home to two P labs and is so badly contaminated it is likely to be demolished.Police arrested three patched Mongrel...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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'Street Whites' play with heavy hearts
New Zealand's first soccer team at a Homeless World Cup has taken a battering in two of its first three games, in a tournament tinged with sadness for the Kiwis.The "Street Whites", who have all been homeless some time in the...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Swimming ability of youth 'at crisis point'
Unless more New Zealand children learn to swim, drowning numbers will soar, Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) says.The organisation yesterday released research from Nielsen that indicated the swimming ability of the country's youth...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Welcome to the land that's all about making movies
New Zealand's most famous citizens are listed as director Peter Jackson and actor Russell Crowe.New Zealand is portrayed as one big film location inhabited by extras and film set workers in a recently released "atlas" titled Our...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Grownup gapper: winetasting on Waiheke
Our grownup gapper goes upmarket in New Zealand with a day's winetasting on Waiheke an island of vineyards.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Dec 2, 2008 3:02 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Entertainment: Travel