Top Stories: Auckland, Dec 5: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to New Zealand has created ripples as a controversy has risen over the Tibetan flag flying briefly on poles outside Auckland's Langham Hotel. ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:13 -0500Auckland, Dec 5: The New Zealand and Pakistan cricket teams would be playing against each other quite a few times, as the Pakistan team will be visiting again next year. ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:06 -0500Wellington, Dec 5: The Pakistan team is eyeing a series-levelling victory against New Zealand after setting a target of 405 runs and again having the New Zealand team on the back foot at 70 for three at stumps on day three of the second Test being played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:09 -0500Auckland, Dec 5: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to New Zealand has created ripples as a controversy has risen over the Tibetan flag flying briefly on poles outside Auckland's Langham Hote... New Kerala Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:35:48 -0500Last Updated: December 05. 2009 2:06PM UAE / December 5. 2009 10:06AM GMT Mohammad Asif struck three times as New Zealand managed to knock off just 70 of the 405 runs they require for victory in the s... The National Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:24:27 -0500They say the woman owner was seriously assaulted before her car was taken. Tonight the white 2008 BMW coupe was seen travelling on Mana Esplanade at Porirua. Police say they engaged in a short pursu... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500Oceania representatives New Zealand, drawn against defending champions Italy, expressed a measure of confidence in their 2010 FIFA World Cup™ prospects; taking satisfaction from who they are not... FIFA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:13:48 -0500Mohammad Asif took all three wickets as New Zealand managed just 70 of the 405 runs required for victory in the second Test against Pakistan in Wellington.The hosts bowled Pakistan out for 239 in thei... BBC Sport Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:19 -0500The Black Caps have made just one breakthrough during the opening session on day three of the second cricket test against Pakistan in Wellington.Misbah-ul-Haq has been caught behind for 33 from the bo... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:24:58 -0500All Blacks training is over for another year with just tomorrow morning's Barbarians match at Twickenham to complete the gruelling international season.Captain Richie McCaw says he has been delighted ... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:24:58 -0500Police in Wellington are trying to find a BMW coupe after it was stolen from an address in Newlands this evening.They say the woman owner was seriously assaulted before her car was taken.The white 200... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:24:57 -0500New Zealand is through to a semifinal showdown against Fiji at the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens.Gordon Tietjens' side has scored a last minute try through Ben Souness to beat Kenya 17-14 in the quart... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:24:56 -0500(MENAFN - Asia Pulse) Origin Energy New Zealand ('Origin'), on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, has announced that commissioning of the Kupe facilities has commenced with the wells being opened and t... MENAFN Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:00:13 -0500The tourists were bowled out for 239 leaving New Zealand 405 for the win. Tim McIntosh, Martin Guptill and Daniel Flynn have again all failed with the bat while the not out batsmen Ross Taylor on 15 ... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:44:33 -0500A two-year-old girl apparently ran out onto the road from between two parked cars and was hit by a Nissan car travelling on the road near the intersection of Marine Parade and Hawke Street at New Brig... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:44:32 -0500The Planet A March and Concert for the Climate was held in Auckland, and more than 4,000 people marched up Queen Street to Myers Park, where they heard top bands like Opshop and Midnight Youth play in... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:44:31 -0500Police have named a young man killed in a road smash on Glenbrook Road at Patumahoe.He was 18-year-old Dylan Shane Campbell, of Waiuku. He was ejected from the cabin of his Mitsubishi Galant onto the ... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:46:22 -0500State Highway 25A which was closed from Kopu to Tairua has been reopened. The road was closed due to heavy rain causing flooding around the Coromandel Peninsula. Major delays, with traffic queues bui... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:23:26 -0500<< Source: Reuters - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama speaks during a news conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising that prompted his flight into exile in India... Buddhist Channel Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:13:37 -0500Qualifying for race one of this afternoon's final round of the V8 Supercar Championship gets underway in Sydney at midday.Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup needs only 20 points from both 250 kilometre rac... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:26:12 -0500The man charged with fatally shooting a woman yesterday in Warkworth, north of Auckland, has been granted name suppression.The body of the woman in her 20s was found in the car park of Kowhai Surgery.... NZ City Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:26:10 -0500FENDING OFF: Ben Souness looks to shake off two Argentina defenders during New Zealand's 38-10 win on the first day of the Dubai IRB Seven Series tournament. Stuff Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:53 -0500The Ministry of Justice is abandoning pay talks saying despite best efforts bargaining is at an end. However Public Service Association spokesman Richard Wagstaff is warning the issue will not go awa... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:01:24 -0500Employees have been in unsuccessful pay negotiations with Foodstuffs for nine months. They are also protesting over $5000 in wages withheld during industrial action two weeks ago. National Distributi... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:01:23 -0500The second round has been completed after yesterday's wind delays with Kiwi Tim Wilkinson moving up to four under par and a tie for seventh. Australia's Adam Scott is two shots behind Appleby in seco... Newstalk ZB Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:01:22 -0500Police are searching for an Australian tourist reported missing in Lyttelton and police said they are concerned for his safety. Michael Craig, 45, was reported missing by his travelling companion w... Stuff Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:42:39 -0500State Highway 25A is closed from Kopu to Tairua, causing major delays. Our reporter Angela Kenealy is caught in the traffic heading to Whangamata. She says she is sitting in a six-kilometre queue and... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:39:02 -0500Lee Holdsworth and Jamie Whincup have been second and third fastest in the top 10 shootout with News Zealand's Greg Murphy to start from sixth on the grid. The race is set to start at 4.35pm. Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:39:01 -0500The recommendations are in a new consultation document on victims' rights in the criminal justice system. Simon Power says there are several issues up for discussion. These include how the prosecutio... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:39:00 -0500PERUGIA, Italy - US student Amanda Knox has been found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison, after a year-long trial that gripped Italy. Knox's Italian ex-boyf... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:25:06 -0500Stocks on Wall Street resumed their upward advance after the US unemployment rate unexpectedly declined to 10%, sending sharemarkets in Europe higher as well.Stocks rallied at the start of trading aft... National Business Review Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:58:47 -0500The All Whites are moving quickly to intensify their preparation for next year's football World Cup in South Africa.The New Zealanders have drawn defending champions Italy and Paraguay and Slovakia in... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:39 -0500A man is due to appear in the North Shore District Court this morning in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman north of Auckland yesterday.The body of the woman in her 20s was found in the car... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:37 -0500The Justice Minister is keen to hear the public's reaction to proposals aimed at dealing with the issues facing victims of crime.The recommendations are in a new consultation document on victims' righ... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:37 -0500Auckland police are warning people of a scam doing the rounds involving fake travellers cheques.Sellers on websites such as Trade Me are being contacted and offered payment in travellers cheques. When... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:37 -0500A nutritionist says alcohol is a leading factor in New Zealand's obesity rates.A new report from the World Health Organisation says 62.7 percent of New Zealanders are overweight or obese. That puts us... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:36 -0500Members of the deaf and hearing impaired community staged a silent protest against proposed education fund cuts outside Prime Minister John Key's electorate office today. About 15 people protested ... Stuff Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:03:00 -0500A new report from the World Health Organisation says 62.7 percent of New Zealanders are overweight or obese. That puts us seventh on the list of fattest countries in the world. Nutritionist Nikki Har... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:59:25 -0500All Blacks training is over for another year with just tomorrow morning's Barbarians match at Twickenham to complete the gruelling international season. Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:59:24 -0500At the moment the night spots can stay open till 4.30am and some of the the licenses with that closing time are valid for a couple more years. But the Invercargill council has brought in a new policy ... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:59:23 -0500The Wellington Phoenix are ruing a two points lost in their 1-all A-League draw with a 10-man Melbourne Victory at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.The visitors had Nick Ward sent off before halftime and... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:00:53 -0500All Blacks training is over for another year with just tomorrow morning's Barbarians match at Twickenham to complete the gruelling international season.Captain Richie McCaw says he has been delighted ... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:00:47 -0500OLD AND BATTERED: Framed wedding photographs, workbooks and diaries were in this suitcase full of historical family treasures that turned up at their Wesley Vintage secondhand store. Stuff Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:25:14 -0500Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:57 am Press Release: Consumers International Press release for immediate release ‘Consumers need the tools to tackle climate change’, says global con... Scoop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:39:33 -0500Maori Party MP Hone Harawira may head a campaign to get Maori seats on the Auckland super city following a hui on Maori representation held in Auckland yesterday.The Government has already rejected th... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:19:42 -0500Between New Plymouth and Oakura on State Highway 45 there is a large slip blocking one lane. On the East Coast, a slip across part of SH35 between Tokomaru Bay and Tologa Bay is also causing problems... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:42:08 -0500The document's release follows on from National's recent announcement of eight new entitlements and services for victims funded by the offenders' levy. Simon Power says several issues are up for disc... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:42:08 -0500Cape Town - Slovakian coach Vladimir Weiss said Friday that all the teams at the World Cup had been hoping to be drawn against his side and New Zealand. Friday's draw in the Cape Town International Co... Earth Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:34:17 -0500New Zealand's only Mormon school, Hamilton's Church College, has closed after 51 years of secondary schooling. The school has not taken in junior students since 2006 when the Church of Jesus Christ o... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:27:48 -0500A West Coast man whose house was awash with nearly 4kg of cannabis had simply had "a good year" rather than being a drug dealer, a judge has ruled. Timothy Owen Harris, from Dunollie, appeared in Gre... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:27:47 -0500A 38-year-old Bay of Plenty man has died after being crushed in a wood-pulp rolling machine at the Carter Holt Harvey Tasman Mill in Kawerau. The man, from Edgcumbe, was sweeping around the machinery... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:27:43 -0500Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:53 am Press Release: Age Concern Age Concern New Zealand Media release 4 December 2009National Health Board members will be kept informed on ageing issues&#... Scoop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:02:08 -0500Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:49 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Police response to assault charge being “petty and ridiculous”A media report last night stated Police were p... Scoop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:02:07 -0500Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:29 am Press Release: ITUC INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine207/031209 Copenhagen Summit: Decisions Should Be Taken Now Bru... Scoop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:02:02 -0500Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:20 am Press Release: CFACT Climategate Scandal and the Defeat of Australia’s Emission’s Trading System CFACT Executive Director Cra... Scoop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:02:00 -0500Many residents in the upper North Island face a clean up today after wild weather which caused flooding.The residents of at least five North Shore City homes prepared to move out as floodwaters rose o... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:42:19 -0500Last Updated: December 05. 2009 1:02AM UAE / December 4. 2009 9:02PM GMT WELLINGTON // Pakistan took control of the second Test on the second day, bowling out New Zealand before establishing a 229-run... The National Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:13:48 -0500A study of 16 million people in Scandinavia over 30 years has found no evidence of a link between cellphone use and brain tumours. The Cancer Society's Screening and Early Detection Officer, Sarah Pe... Newstalk ZB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:08:29 -0500The End Of The Beginning " by opening at number 61 on Billboard's New Artists Chart. Now based out of Vancouver, B.C., the quartet took little time to rest as they enter the Midwest leg of their ... Market Wire Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:06:56 -0500One man's house may be his castle but in the case of film-maker Roman Polanski yesterday, released at last from his prison cell just outside Zurich, it is his luxury prison. Chalet is the correct ter... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:11 -0500One person was killed and four others injured in a single-car crash in Invercargill last night. Emergency services were called to the crash on Matua Rd in Otatara about 9pm after the car hit a power ... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:10 -0500The Kupe gas field off the south Taranaki coast has begun producing gas and liquids for the first time this afternoon.It is being piped to a processing plant near Hawera.New Zealand Oil and Gas, which... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:05:42 -0500The Cancer Society hopes researchers will continue to look into possible links with the changing world to find out what causes cancer.A study of 16 million people in Scandinavia over 30 years has foun... NZ City Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:05:38 -0500So if anything can bridge the wealth gap between Australia and New Zealand, getting ahead of the Aussies in decarbonisation is worth a shot. Going green could not only restore New Zealand's tarnished... New Zealand Herald Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:02:52 -0500 | 
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