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Expelled envoy returns to old job

Source: Fiji Live

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 1 hour ago | Political News

Fiji’s former envoy to New Zealand Cama Tuiloma will return to the post of permanent secretary for the Ministry of Public Utilities. Tuiloma held the post before he was appointed acting High Commissioner to New Zealand last year. Tuiloma was...

Disbelief as skier run over

Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly

Masterton :: New Zealand | about 6 hours ago | No category

A witness watched in disbelief as a young waterskier was run over and killed on Lake Taupo. A nine-year-old girl, waterskiing behind her parents' boat, died when she was hit by another boat while waiting in the water for her parents...

Rest home struck by norovirus (NZPA)

Source: Xtra News

New Plymouth :: New Zealand | about 10 hours ago | Technology News

Rest home struck by norovirus January 7, 2009, 7:07 am The dreaded stomach bug norovirus has struck at a Taranaki rest home. Thornleigh Park in New Plymouth is in lockdown and has been excluding all but vital visitors since Monday...

Global job losses big threat says broker

Source: New Zealand Herald

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 6 hours ago | Business News

The broking firm says corporate earnings are likely to get worse early in the year and believes low investor confidence will dominate sentiment until there is a clearer picture of how long the recession will last. "Investor confidence has been...

Khan lands chance at singles crown

Source: Wellington Dominion

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 6 hours ago | Sports News

International discard Marina Khan and North Auckland's Sue Wightman have battled their way into Friday's final of the women's singles at the national open bowls championships in Auckland. Both made the singles final for the first time by comfortable winning...

Patients turn backs on operating tables

Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly

Wellington :: New Zealand | about 6 hours ago | Technology News

Thousands of operations and specialist appointments are cancelled every year because patients fail to show up, district health board figures show. Senior doctors say patients who cancel on the day or simply fail to arrive are a huge drain on...

Drought broken at last for Erakovic

Source: Newstalk ZB

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 5 hours ago | Sports News

The kiwi number one says such a stretch of losses are a fact of life because everyone goes through tough patches. Erakovic plays top seed Elena Dementieva this afternoon. Dementieva, the highest ranked player to ever grace the tournament, returns...

Price in tears over Sonny

Source: The Courier-Mail

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 21 hours ago | Technology News

Steve Price cried when speaking for the first time about his rookie teammate Sonny Fai, thought to have drowned at an Auckland beach. The heavy-hearted Kangaroos prop began crying yesterday when asked how he was coping with the tragedy as...

Hopes rise for extra India test

Source: Wellington Dominion

Wellington :: New Zealand | about 18 hours ago | Sports News

NZC add the match to an itinerary that already features a Twenty20, five one-day games and two tests, as it seeks to recoup about $25 million it lost when matches against England and Pakistan were cancelled following the terror attack...

Four die 'needless senseless' deaths

Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly

Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago | No category

Two teenagers frantically broke windows to help rescue five people from a house fire but despaired that "we couldn't save the rest" as four children died. The fire service says the children, aged between one and 15, died needlessly and...