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New Zealand Herald - National

Blood test delay at fault for death - HDC
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:05:49 +1200 - An elderly man suffering from a advanced renal failure and sepsis died at an Auckland hospital after a delay in staff receiving his blood test results, the Health and Disability Commissioner says.The 83-year-old was admitted to...

Brooke admits groping girl, 15, assaulting friend
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:40:16 +1200 - Robin Brooke says he accepts he groped a 15-year-old Auckland girl while on holiday in Fiji and has apologised, he said on TV One\'s Close Up tonight.Brooke told host Mark Sainsbury the girl, who had saved up to pay for her holiday,...

King Kong vessel sinks to watery grave
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:14:57 +1200 - The boat that featured in Peter Jackson\'s blockbuster film King Kong has been sent to Davy Jones\' Locker after being left to rot at a Wellington wharf for the last five years.The Venture II was scuttled in the ammunition dumping...

Banks wants to see Eden Park business plan
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:00 +1200 - Auckland City Council (ACC) will not respond to requests for funding to underwrite some of the cost of the Eden Park revamp until it has seen a business case, Mayor John Banks says.The stadium is being redeveloped for the 2011...

Police officer gives evidence in schoolgirl murder trial
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +1200 - The police officer who found the body of former Kerikeri teenager Liberty Templeman has told a High Court that he was speaking to the boy now accused of her murder just minutes before he found her body.Giving evidence on day two...

SPCA blocks contentious crayfish game
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:27 +1200 - The Auckland SPCA has warned its inspectors will take a police escort to close down an arcade game involving live crayfish if it does not get co-operation from pub managers.The SPCA today said it would close down several games...

Blogger in suppression case outs child porn offender
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +1200 - An Auckland blogger who today denied five charges of breaching court name suppression orders has now revealed on a website the name of a prominent Manawatu man last week sentenced to home detention for downloading thousands of pornographic...

Planned GST, property and tax moves divide opinion
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:34 +1200 - The Government\'s economic blueprint for the future, revealed by Prime Minister John Key this afternoon, has divided opinion in business and political circles.In his statement to Parliament, Mr Key strongly signalled a rise in...

Serial prison escapee has jail term extended
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:00 +1200 - A serial prison escapee who spent 50 days on the run has had a further nine months added to his sentence.Kevin Polwart, 49, had earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of escaping from custody.Polwart had his jail term extended...

Dame Kiri to receive Lifetime Achievement award
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:54:33 +1200 - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year\'s Classical Brits. The 65 year-old soprano, who has been entertaining audiences for more than 40 years, told the Daily Telegraph she was \"honoured...

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