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Delays for Kiwibank customers after technical glitch
14 Jun 2016A technical issue caused delays in the processing of payments for Kiwibank customers last night. Many people took to Facebook complaining that regular transactions like Work and Income payments and...
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Tourism industry needs 'single point of contact'
14 Jun 2016A tourism researcher says the industry needs a single point of contact , but he is stopping short of calling for a ministry. Lincoln University professor David Simmons compiles an...
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NZ Racing board slashes 43 jobs
14 Jun 2016The New Zealand Racing Board is cutting 43 jobs to automate its TAB phone betting service. Its Christchurch site will close, and the board said the move would save money.
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Auckland shop owners fined $42,000 for employment breaches
13 Jun 2016The Employment Relations Authority has fined two south Auckland employers for paying a migrant worker $4 an hour. It has found the linked pub and bottle shop owners breached several...
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Accused NZer faces deportation from Australia
13 Jun 2016A New Zealander accused of involvement in a car chase and shootout in Geelong, Victoria, is now facing deportation to New Zealand after his visa was cancelled on character grounds.
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Child dies following diarrhoea outbreak in Vanuatu
13 Jun 2016A diarrhoea outbreak in Vanuatu has killed one child and hospitalised several others, with some in critical condition. Vila Central Hospital head of paediatrics said the outbreak started three…
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Three men sought in Dunedin for armed robbery
13 Jun 2016Police in Dunedin are searching for three armed men after a petrol station robbery overnight. They said the men, armed with a firearm and a sword, entered the petrol station...
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Man airlifted to hospital after crash in Waikato
13 Jun 2016A man has been airlifted to hospital after the car he was travelling in rolled on State Highway Three south of Te Kuiti, in Waikato. Police said the man was...
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Tonga gets 250 more NZ residence visas
13 Jun 2016Another 250 Tongans are being given the chance to obtain New Zealand residence visas through an annual ballot. The Tongans have had their applications drawn from around 22,000 applications. Under...
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Two arrests after Coromandel incident
12 Jun 2016Police have arrested two men after a firearm was allegedly discharged into the air and a utility vehicle used to ram a parked car in the Coromandel this afternoon. A...
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Christchurch house badly damaged by fire
12 Jun 2016A house has been badly damaged by fire in the Christchurch suburb of Parklands. The Fire Service was called to the property at 1.15am Sunday morning. It said there were...
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Two teens attempt ram raid in Whanganui
12 Jun 2016Two teenagers, 14 and 16, attempted to ram raid a service station in Whanganui early this morning. The pair will be charged with burglary and taking a motor vehicle. Police...
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Police concerned for missing Wellington man
12 Jun 2016Wellington man Stephen Landrum is missing and police are appealing to the public for any information. Police believe he intended to catch a bus to visit family in Levin on...
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Moderate quake felt near Seddon
12 Jun 2016Central New Zealand was shaken by a moderate earthquake early this morning. The 4.5 magnitude shake was felt just before 4am. Geonet reported it was was centred 10km east of...
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Solar powered plane lands in New York
12 Jun 2016A solar-powered plane trying to circumnavigate the world has finished crossing the United States and landed in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty. The Solar Impulse...
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Blasts kill eight in Damascus
11 Jun 2016A suicide bomb and a car bomb in south Damascus suburb Sayyida Zeinab have killed at least eight people, Syrian state media reports. The car bomb was on a main...
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Five life sentences over tourist rape in India
11 Jun 2016Five men have been sentenced to life in prison for gang-raping a Danish tourist in the heart of New Delhi's tourist district. The men, all in their twenties, were found...
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Person critically injured in Northland three-car crash
11 Jun 2016One person is in a critical condition after a three-car crash in Northland this evening. Emergency services were called to the corner of Loop Road and State Highway 1 in...
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Man on run after two failed robberies - Police
11 Jun 2016An Auckland man on the run from the police is suspected of two failed attempts at robbery this morning. A warrant for the arrest of 27-year-old Ricky Batalliard was issued...
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Two Parkinson's sufferers missing in Lower NI
11 Jun 2016Two people, each of whom have Parkinson's disease, have gone missing from Wellington and Feilding. Stephen Landrum, 56, went missing from his daughter's Wellington address yesterday. It was thought…
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Quake claimants' lawyer to be Labour Chch candidate
11 Jun 2016A Christchurch law firm partner has been selected to stand for Labour in the marginal Christchurch Central seat at next year's election. Duncan Webb, who has represented many earthquake claimants,...
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Two rescued from sinking boat in Wgtn Harbour
11 Jun 2016Two people have been rescued from a sinking boat in Wellington Harbour. Police said they they were rescued and taken to shore by another boat at about 12.30pm this afternoon,...
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10-year-old girl seriously injured after being struck by car
11 Jun 2016A 10-year-old girl is in a serious condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after being struck by a car in Napier last night. The girl was a pedestrian at the time.
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BP New Zealand quadruples its profits
11 Jun 2016BP New Zealand has quadrupled its profits in the past year and paid a big dividend to its British owners. According to documents filed at the Companies Office, BP made...
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