New Zealand Herald - National

Large increase in number of expats enrolling to vote
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:28:17 +1200
Overseas New Zealanders are now enrolling to vote at more than quadruple the rate of previous weeks. The Kiwi Expat Association says at the current rate of increase, an extra 30,000 overseas New Zealanders might enrol and vote....
Two dead, one ill from gas fumes after fishing trip turns to nightmare
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:29:26 +1200
Two men are dead and one man seriously ill after suffering gas poisoning during a fishing trip. A man rescued from carbon monoxide poisoning that killed two of his friends in a cabin at a camping ground near Raglan has been transferred...
Sheet ice causing delays on SH2
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:21:17 +1200
Ice is causing problems for motorists between Wellington and the Wairarapa. It is affecting State Highway Two, two kilometres either side of the Rimutaka Hill summit. MetService weather forecaster Vive Biukoto says there is...
Police investigate two deaths in Auckland
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:35:31 +1200
The scene outside a house where a man's body was discovered in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill remains cordoned off with two police on guard. His body was discovered early this morning on Richardson Road. Police are not yet saying...
HMNZS Te Mana arrives back in Auckland
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:37:42 +1200
Officers and sailors on board the Navy warship HMNZS Te Mana are relieved to be coming home. The ship arrives at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland this morning, after spending five months away in the Arabian Gulf, where it has...
Two injured in microlight crash
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +1200
Two people were hurt when a microlight crashed in the Waikato this afternoon. The aircraft went down on a hillside near Te Kauwhata, 20km north of Huntly. The pilot and passenger on the aircraft both sustained injuries and were...
Fraud appeal fails
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +1200
New Zealand's biggest benefit fraudster has lost the final round in his battle to have his eight-year jail sentence cut. Wayne Thomas Patterson was sentenced after pleading guilty in the High Court at Auckland last year to using...
Whanau protests
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +1200
Whanau and friends of a man shot dead outside his Auckland home last Sunday protested outside Paremoremo prison yesterday to push for the release of his father to attend the victim's funeral. John Maeva, 25, was killed in an execution-style...
Fears for Veitch after hospital dash
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:20 +1200
Former broadcaster Tony Veitch was hospitalised on Friday amid serious concerns for his health and safety. The 34-year-old, who faces seven charges of assault against his former partner, Kristin Dunne-Powell, is understood to be...
EXCLUSIVE: I deserve a second chance, says Rickards
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:18 +1200
Here he is again. The familiar face, that distinctive dome, and that name. Rickards. The shamed former police assistant commissioner. The man who faced rape charges in the High Court, not once but twice. He was acquitted in the...
Rich-listers' house values slump
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:16 +1200
A new website has opened the books on the nation's house values, revealing the specific losses of our rich and famous - and almost every other Kiwi homeowner. Where Helen Clark's Mt Eden villa was worth $900,000 at the start of...
Wanted and on the run
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:14 +1200
Auckland police are searching for hundreds of offenders on the run after failing to appear for court appearances or evading arrest warrants. The dozen featured today are just a fraction of those police want to interview. "Every...

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