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11:02 NZST Wed May 22 2013
Mana has chosen television presenter and musician Te Hamua Nikora to contest the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election.
Report on police Urewera actions due
10:00 NZST Wed May 22 2013
The Independent Police Conduct Authority's report on police actions in the contentious Urewera case will be released on Wednesday.
08:13 NZST Wed May 22 2013
New Zealand could send peacekeeping troops to support a peace deal between Israel and Palestine, if one can be brokered.
07:06 NZST Wed May 22 2013
Hamilton City Council's lowest-paid staff are in for a big boost with the council voting to adopt a living wage of $18.40 an hour.
Court told smoking ban good for all: DHB
05:00 NZST Wed May 22 2013
Waitemata Distrcit Health Board is defending it's ban on smoking, saying it's good for all patients.
`Year of hell' for Salisbury School
03:00 NZST Wed May 22 2013
Opposition parties say Education Minister Hekia Parata needlessly put Nelson's Salisbury School through 'a year of hell'.
18:31 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Labour's Phil Goff says the Defence Force sent 'insensitive and insulting' letters to 315 uniformed staff when it made them redundant in 2011.
Waterspouts seen in Auckland
17:59 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Two waterspouts have been seen on Manukau Harbour in Auckland, and Weather Watch says there is a danger of more, or of tornadoes, on Wednesday.
17:02 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Nearly 300 New Zealanders are registered as being in Oklahoma but none have as yet sought help from MFAT since a deadly tornado struck.
16:55 NZST Tue May 21 2013
The government was still trying to sell Solid Energy just days before it announced it was in serious financial strife, Labour says.
16:43 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Australian laws passed last year which try to stamp out incentives encouraging truck drivers to work unsafely are needed in New Zealand, a union says.
Taupo skydiver recounts near-fatal fall
16:30 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Liam Dunne says video footage of his near-fatal fall after a parachute failure on a skydive doesn't bother him because he lived to see it.
16:28 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Opposition parties are questioning the credibility of the latest report on the GCSB and say it should be released.
NZ needs tougher safety laws: Labour
16:00 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Labour says the government has shown a 'weak attitude' toward beefing up laws to punish companies that don't meet health and safety obligations.
Nelson's Salisbury School to stay open
14:54 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Education Minister Hekia Parata has visited Nelson's Salisbury School for special needs girls and has confirmed it will stay open.
14:08 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Animal rights activists, walking about 20 dogs, have demonstrated outside parliament against the use of animals to test party pills.
13:53 NZST Tue May 21 2013
New Zealand's Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has been labelled as a 'great Briton' by an English newspaper editorial.
13:42 NZST Tue May 21 2013
DETAILS OF GCSB SPYING.
11:37 NZST Tue May 21 2013
The Independent Police Conduct Authority's report on police actions in the contentious Urewera case will be released on Wednesday.
10:50 NZST Tue May 21 2013
Foreign Minister Murray McCully tells a US/NZ Partnership Forum in Washington that the relationship has progressed from "suboptimal" to excellent.
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