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Police hunt for child sex offender (NZ Newswire)

Waikato police are looking for a convicted child sex offender who has breached his supervision conditions.

5 h ago

Fairfax journos on strike over NZ jobs (NZ Newswire)

Journalists at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and some other Fairfax newspapers have voted to strike for 36 hours in protest at outsourcing jobs to NZ.

6 h ago

Skywatchers get ready for the Transit of Venus (7News Sydney, Damien Smith)

Skywatchers the world over are getting ready for one of the rarest cosmic events of all - next Wednesdays Transit of Venus.

7 h ago

Journos strike over outsourcing jobs to NZ (NZ Newswire)

Journalists at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and some other Fairfax Media titles have voted to strike for 36 hours in protest at outsourcing jobs to NZ.

7 h ago

Envoys to meet with triplets parents (NZ Newswire)

Consular officials will shortly meet with the parents of triplets killed in the Doha mall fire, to discuss bringing their bodies home to New Zealand.

8 h ago

Greens welcomes PCE call for improved river protection (Fuseworks)

The Green Party welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environments recommendations about the need to improve the protection of our wild and scenic rivers.

8 h ago

Inquiry ordered into infants death (NZ Newswire)

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says there are unanswered questions around the family of a mother who accidentally suffocated her young son.

9 h ago

Kiwi uni to track spacecrafts re-entry (NZ Newswire)

Aucklands AUT University will be tracking the Dragon spacecraft as it makes its way back to earth from the International Space Station.

9 h ago

Waikato Police seek information on child sex offender (Fuseworks)

Waikato Police are warning the public not to approach a convicted child sex offender who has breached supervision and is believed to be on the run in their District.

9 h ago

Child sex offender on run in Waikato (Newstalk ZB)

A child sex offender is on the run in the Waikato.

9 h ago

Over 100,000 ready to Drop, Cover and Hold (Fuseworks)

Civil Defence Minister Chris Tremain says that an initial milestone has been reached today with over 100,000 people registered to participate in the first nationwide ShakeOut earthquake drill.

9 h ago

Waimate post-mortems reveal horror ordeal (NZ Newswire)

Post-mortem examinations carried out on the two bodies found in South Canterbury reveal evidence of the Czech tourists attack and murder.

9 h ago

Govt asks CYFs to investigate childs death (Newstalk ZB)

The Government has asked Child, Youth and Family to urgently investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a child who was suffocated by his drunk mother.

9 h ago

Review for council with big money problems (NZ Newswire)

The government says it wont put up any money to help the debt-stricken Kaipara District Council but will appoint a review team to help.

9 h ago

Waikato Council sign off on LTP (Fuseworks)

Waikato Regional Council today signed off on its 2012-2022 Long Term Plan, cutting more than $770,000 from next years proposed budget while maintaining a range of service improvements.

9 h ago

CYF to investigate circumstances surrounding childs death (Fuseworks)

Child Youth and Family has been asked to urgently investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a child who was suffocated by his intoxicated mother.

9 h ago

Missing school girls now back at camp (Newstalk ZB)

The school girls who caused a major land and air search in the lower Kaimai Ranges last night, are now back at the school camp they went missing from.

10 h ago

Further arrests in relation to meth ring (Newstalk ZB)

Further arrests have been made in relation to a methamphetamine ring in Wellington.

10 h ago

Police cant rule out sexual assault on tourist (Newstalk ZB)

The police officer investigating the deaths of Dasha Pytlickova and Jason Frandi says hes aware of speculation around a recent complaint against Mr Frandi.

10 h ago

Auditor-General to probe citizenship case (NZ Newswire)

The controversial granting of citizenship to a Chinese businessman by former minister Shane Jones is to be investigated by the Auditor-General.

10 h ago

Caution urged over possible prison healthcare changes (Newstalk ZB)

Caution is being urged over possible changes to healthcare services in prisons.

10 h ago

Gwaze trials legal aid bill balloons to $200k (Newstalk ZB)

The legal aid bill for the George Gwaze trials has ballooned to more than $200,000.

10 h ago

Dipping in to kitty cant save face - Mahuta (Fuseworks)

"The Governments admission that it is dipping in to a $20m contingency fund to cover-up its bungled teacher-pupil ratio plan clearly shows it hasnt done its homework, Labours Education spokespers...

10 h ago

Student in Turangi crash wakes from coma (Newstalk ZB)

The 21-year-old American student in a coma since a crash near Turangi 18 days ago has spoken her first words since the accident.

10 h ago

Auditor general investigating Shane Jones (Yahoo! New Zealand)

Labour MP Shane Jones is being investigated after allegedly giving a Chinese millionaire a New Zealand passport.

10 h ago

Graduate scores job on new prime time drama (Fuseworks)

Studying Screen Production at the EIT Hawkes Bay (EIT) has been the beginning of a dream run for recent diploma graduate Mitch Doyle.

10 h ago

Tuataras chomp unique among land animals (NZ Newswire)

British researchers using a computer model of the tuataras jaw have discovered the New Zealand native reptile chews its food like no other land animal.

11 h ago

Police trace movements of Dagmar Pytlickova (Fuseworks)

Police have gained further information about the movements of Dagmar (Dasha) Pytlickova on the afternoon she encountered Jason Frandi.

11 h ago

More arrests in alleged Wellington meth syndicate (Fuseworks)

Police have arrested a further six people today in relation to an ongoing investigation targeting an alleged methamphetamine supply and manufacturing syndicate.

11 h ago

Over $16m collected as result of data matching scheme (Newstalk ZB)

Over $16 million from fines has been collected in the past seven months as a result of a new data matching scheme.

11 h ago

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