tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from New Zealand http://tips4travels.com/en Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:44:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/five-team-nz-wins.htm Team New Zealand has beaten Italian team Azzurra by 42 seconds, despite breaking the spinnaker pole at the hoist and having to complete both downwind legs without one. The result leaves the New Zeala... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/warriors-lead-at-half-time.htm Manu Vatuvei has scored twice, while Kevin Locke has also crossed, with two of the tries coming from cross field kicks. New recruit Brett Seymour's converted all three. The Warriors earlier led 18-6 ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/northland-fire-takes-out-caravans-one-acre-of-scrub.htm Seven fire appliances were called to the blaze in an area of scrub on Black Swamp Road in southern Mangawhai, 30km northeast of Wellsford, shortly before 2pm, northern fire communications shift manage... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/warriors-lead-at-half-time.htm The Warriors lead 18-12 at half time in their opening match of the NRL season against the Titans on the Gold Coast.Manu Vatuvei has scored twice, while Kevin Locke has also crossed, with two of the tr... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/motorcyclist-dies-in-nelson.htm A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in Nelson this afternoon. The victim was thought to have collided with another rider - a 50-year-old Northland man - on Stock Road in Golden Downs shortly bef... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/respite-for-liquor-licences.htm Eden-Albert Councillor Glenda Fryer says instead of dealing with the issue and giving the council the power to stop liquor stores opening around schools, the committee has decided to shelve it. Ms Fr... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/pole-start-for-tander.htm Tander won the opening race yesterday and clocked the quickest qualifying time ahead of Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom. Shane Van Gisbergen is the best placed of the New Zealanders and will star... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/industrial-fire-at-boatbuilders-north-of-hamilton.htm Firefighters are battling a huge blaze in an industrial area in the northern outskirts of Hamilton. Thirteen appliances have been called to the fire at Tristram Marine, including fire trucks from N... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/food-glorious-food-at-21st-hokitika-wildfoods-festival.htm Truffle This year's Hokitika Wildfoods Festival is expected to generate up to $3 million for the West Coast economy. The 21st festival was one of the best yet, organiser Mike Keenan said, with he... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/blaze-threatens-northland-caravan-park.htm Firefighters are battling to keep a large scrub fire from spreading to a caravan park in Northland this afternoon. Seven fire appliances were called to the blaze in an area of scrub on Black Swamp Ro... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/ambulance-hit-by-car.htm A Christchurch ambulance is out of action after being struck by a car while the crew was at an incident last night. St John was called to Hills Road at 9 o'clock. Police were also in attendance. Dis... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/kiwi-becomes-second-person-to-row-across-the-tasman-sea.htm END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A New Zealander has become only the second person successfully to row solo across the Tasman Sea... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/plane-emergency-landing-puts-auckland-airport-on-alert.htm Emergency services went on standby on Saturday night as an Air New Zealand plane from Sydney to Wellington was diverted to Auckland because of possible defects.The Fire Service said on Sunday it recei... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/motorist-killed-in-south-auckland.htm A female motorist was killed after the van she was travelling in rolled in south Auckland this afternoon. The van rolled onto its side on the southern motorway near Orams Rd in Manurewa shortly a... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/round-the-bays-a-sea-of-colour.htm Nearly 80,000 people took part in the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays. Lady Ga-Ga lookalikes, brides and all manner of costumed weekend athletes turned Tamaki Drive into a sea of colour. Pr... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/sinclair-the-only-change.htm Sinclair is in for Neil Broom, and last played a test in March 2008, against England Coach Mark Greatbatch says with captain Daniel Vettori to bat at six they can play five bowlers. He says that coul... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/familes-to-sue-over-deaths-after-parole-failings.htm The family of Karl Kuchenbecker, murdered by Graeme Burton in 2007, is one of two families beginning proceedings tomorrow to sue police, the Corrections Department and the Probation Service. They wou... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/more-good-news-for-home-buyers.htm The pendulum swung further in home buyers' favour last month as the number of houses sold remained at record lows. Just 5029 homes were sold last month, the lowest February sales figure since the... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:44:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/shoppers-slow-down-ahead-of-may-budget.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 12:36 pm Press Release: Newmarket Business Association Shoppers Slow Down Ahead Of Govt’s Watershed May Budget A leading Auckland business group believes higher t... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/all-black-strongman-turns-back-the-clock.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 12:19 pm Press Release: International Track Meet All Black Strongman Turns Back The ClockBrad Thorn, the powerhouse of the All Black and Crusaders forward packs, will go... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/rally-dedicated-to-respected-drivers-memory.htm Twenty-seven year-old Stacey Hopper died in a light plane crash near Marsden Point in Whangarei. He was heading to Auckland from the Marsden Cove Development he had been managing for the family firm, ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/apiata-fans-call-photo-seriously-sexy.htm The image was one of a series published in newspapers which showed SAS troops on patrol in Afghanistan. Traditionally the media has not reported on what the SAS is doing overseas, but the pictures hav... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/trans-tasman-rower-makes-landfall-at-90-mile-beach.htm Shaun Quincey Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey has made it to shore in the Far North, arriving to a bacon and egg sandwich made by his mother. The Auckland rower completed his 2200km solo journey ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/real-estate-agent-who-saved-crash-victims-a-hero.htm A real estate agent who saved four people after a head-on two car crash north of Auckland on Friday has been hailed as a hero. Real estate agent Rob Kuypers was driving his son home from school wh... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/australia-and-nz-merger-&#039inevitable&#039.htm Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon believes a merger with Australia is inevitable. A recent poll has found 40 per cent of New Zealanders like the idea of becoming a state of Australia... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/rally-dedicated-to-respected-driver&#039s-memory.htm The Targa Rally community is mourning the sudden death of a well-liked driver.Twenty-seven year-old Stacey Hopper died in a light plane crash near Marsden Point in Whangarei. He was heading to Aucklan... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/yellow-pages-feels-heat-as-debts-mount.htm Yellow Pages publisher YPG is at the mercy of its bankers, sources say, as huge debts threaten to engulf its earnings. The debts date from its acquisition by a private equity group in 2007, when ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/cloudy-future-uncorked-for-nz-owners.htm Overseas ownership of this country's wine industry is likely to increase as struggling local wineries and vineyards face mounting financial pressures. An international glut of wine has forced win... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/time-to-stock-up-as-wine-prices-hit-rock-bottom.htm Vineyard and winery owners being squeezed by bargain-basement wine prices can take some cheer from the likelihood they have hit rock bottom. Simon Templeton, wine buyer for liquor chain The Mill,... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/the-cup&#039s-corporate-defender.htm Bruno Trouble, yachting impresario, public relations genius and promoter of the world's most famous luggage, makes no secret of his hostility towards Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli. I don't lik... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/girls-love-willie-apiata.htm Reluctant hero Willie Apiata has now become an unwitting sex symbol. Fans of the VC-winning SAS commando have set up several fan clubs on Facebook. The Willie Apiata Appreciation Society, wi... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/receivership-news-thrills-strategic&#039s-&#039jackal&#039.htm Strategic Finance investor John Lacey was cock-a-hoop on Friday when he heard the company had been placed in receivership. I worked hard for this, he said. I don't drink, but I'm taking my wif... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/etnz-tops-the-leader-board.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 11:56 am Press Release: Emirates Team New Zealand ETNZ Tops The Leader BoardEmirates Team New Zealand made it four in a row at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/french-connection-the-winner-in-wellington.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 11:46 am Press Release: Triathlon New Zealand French Connection The Winner In WellingtonAndrea Hewitt and Laurent Vidal are partners in life and shared the titles in Wel... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/increased-share-of-farm-sales-signals-market-shift.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 11:28 am Press Release: PGG Wrightson Rural Service Company’s Increased Share Of Farm Sales Signals Market ShiftWith farm sales at a low ebb, rural service compan... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/possible-assault-te-kuiti.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 11:32 am Press Release: Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance Possible assault, Te KuitiWestpac Waikato Air AmbulanceThe Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance was called out to Te Kuiti... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/disaster-officials-on-cyclone-alert.htm The storm is situated northeast of Fiji and although it is not expected to make a direct hit on the main island of Viti Levu, it could bring strong winds, heavy rain and huge seas over the next few da... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/quake-measuring-5.0-hits-fiordland-at-a-depth-of-7km.htm An earthquake measuring 5.0 struck in Fiordland Sunday morning. GNS Science reported the 8.55am quake as being centred 80km west of Te Anau at a focal depth of 7km. It was likely to have been felt... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/sunday-paper-defends-&#039fake-bomb&#039-terror-stunt.htm The Sunday Star-Times is standing by an investigation it ran involving sending reporters into Super 14 rugby matches last weekend carrying fake bombs. The newspaper ran a series of stories today high... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/double-blow-for-hurricanes.htm The Stormers have delivered a double knockout blow to the Hurricanes in their Super 14 match in Cape Town.Not only have Hurricanes slumped to a 37-13 loss to the Stormers, but they may well lose All B... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/paper-publishes-security-expose.htm A weekend newspaper accused of scare-mongering has published its controversial article despite top level criticism of its tactics.The Sunday Star Times has gone ahead with an expose of lax security at... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/disaster-officials-on-cyclone-alert.htm Fiji's Disaster Management Authority is preparing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Tomas.The storm is situated northeast of Fiji and although it is not expected to make a direct hit on the main isl... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/runners-pounding-the-pavement-in-auck.htm The pavements along Auckland's waterfront are taking a pounding this morning.Seventy thousand people have signed up for the Round the Bays fun run. When it first started in 1972, just 1200 people took... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/tasman-rower-arriving-in-new-zealand.htm Sunday, 14 March 2010, 10:32 am Press Release: Tasman Trespasser II Tasman Rower Arriving In New Zealand On SundayAdventurer Shaun Quincey who departed Australia over 50 days ago in a row boat... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/phil-goff-mike-moore-dismiss-australia-nz-union.htm Labour leader Phil Goff Labour leader Phil Goff says he is not suprised by strong public support for a debate on a union between Australia and New Zealand. Market research firm UMR has conducted ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/full-umr-research-poll-results-on-nz-becoming-aust&#039s-7th-state.htm New Zealand A UMR research poll asked 1000 people in Australia and New Zealand a series of questions around whether New Zealand should become the 7th Australian state. The research was conducted in... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/poll-shows-many-think-nz-aust-union-worth-considering.htm Australia A survey shows more than 40% of people want to debate the possibility of a union between New Zealand and Australia. A UMR poll questioned 1,000 New Zealanders and Australians on the rel... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/runners-pounding-the-pavement-in-auck.htm Seventy thousand people have signed up for the Round the Bays fun run. When it first started in 1972, just 1200 people took part. Runners begin at 9am on Quay St between Tinley St and the Strand Over... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/teen-driver-killed-in-king-country-crash.htm Emergency services managed to get him out of the vehicle on Mangawhero Rd, but he died soon afterwards. There were no passengers in the vehicle. The police serious crash unit is now investigating. Ma... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/kkk-killing-conviction-upheld.htm WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a reputed member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan accused in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rura... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/tvnz-staff-$3m-credit-card-splurge.htm Shrink TVNZ staff have splashed out more than $3 million on company credit cards in the past six months - despite reports the state broadcaster is aiming to slash up to $40 million from its budget. F... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/six-nations-draw-for-scotland-and-england.htm Scotland has held England to a 15-all draw in their Six Nations rugby match at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, giving Scotland its first point of the competition and ending England's outside chance of winni... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/plane-diverts-over-hydraulics-worries.htm Passengers on an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney last night had a fright when the plane had to divert to make an emergency landing in Auckland.Pilots on the Airbus 320 spotted a possible problem wi... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/bulls-charge-ahead-in-highlanders-game.htm The Bulls have secured their fourth straight bonus point win to beat the Highlanders 50-35 in Pretoria but Highlanders captain Jamie Mackintosh is happy to take a bonus point out of the match after pl... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/plane-diverts-over-hydraulics-worries.htm Pilots on the Airbus 320 spotted a possible problem with the hydraulics and nose wheel. The plane landed without incident and passengers will complete their trip to Wellington this afternoon. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/vili-advances-to-finals-in-doha.htm Defending champion Valerie Vili has comfortably advanced to the final of the women's shot put at the World Indoor Championships in Doha after becoming the second best qualifier with a throw of 19.81 m... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/bulls-in-the-lead-at-halftime.htm 14/03/2010 7:04:02Fourth straight bonus point scored by Bulls as they beat Highlanders 50-35; Brumbies beat Sharks 24-22; Hurricanes trailing Stormers Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/mcdonald&#039s-says-it-got-raw-deal-from-nz-herald-over-maggot.htm report about a maggot in an Angus meal. The story quoted an Auckland woman saying she wasn't happy with the restaurant chain's handling of her complaint. McDonald's says it gave the Herald indepe... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/fears-for-anti-whaling-activist-detained-in-japan.htm Kiwi anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune Friends of Sea Shepherd's Pete Bethune are worried what will happen to him in Japan. The anti-whaling activist is Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/maggot-leads-to-falling-out.htm A article about a maggot in a McDonald's meal has led to a falling out between the restaurant chain and the newspaper which published it.Managing Director Mark Hawthorne says the restaurant chain is e... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/wellington-phoenix-lament-&#039unacceptable&#039-goal.htm NO WAY: Phoenix goalkeeper Liam Reddy (right) protests for hand ball as Sydney FC players celebrate Chris Payne's second goal of the A-League playoff match in Sydney. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/major-flaws-in-stadium-security-exposed.htm Eighteen months from the biggest sporting event in New Zealand's history, the Rugby World Cup, glaring holes in security at some of the country's biggest stadiums have been exposed. The Sunday St... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/principal-&#039hid-students-schoolwork&#039.htm An Auckland primary school principal allegedly threatened his staff and forced them to change school rolls so he could pocket tens of thousands of dollars from fee-paying international students. ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/maori-king-&#039must-open-books&#039.htm Elected Tainui officials are demanding the Maori King, Tuheitia Paki, open his books and reveal details of his spending. Concern about the king's spending and the tribe's governance has mounted w... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/teens-charged-in-assault-case.htm Police have charged two Tauranga teenagers over an assault on Vietnam war veteran Evan McKenzie and his daughter Jillian. The 17-year-olds will appear in court on Wednesday. Police said more arrests ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/heroes-save-three-in-fiery-smash.htm One of the heroes Rob Kuypers, left, and the crash site. Photos / Supplied, Janna Dixon Three children and a grandmother were pulled from a burning car by a hero who risked his life to save the trapp... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/talented-heir-dies-as-family&#039s-plane-crashes.htm The younger brother of the heir to a multimillion dollar property empire has told of watching his talented older sibling crash and die in his private plane. Stacey Hopper, 27, was killed instantly ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/first-shots-in-generational-war.htm This column's comments last week on who should pay for New Zealand's leaky building disaster hit a nerve. The strength of the reaction betrays the depth of feeling building up now in the coming Battl... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/icy-storm-heads-for-the-south.htm Shrink An early, icy grip of winter is expected to clutch the south this morning, after hitting Wellington yesterday. MetService has issued a weather warning for the lower South Island, as strong so... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/memories-lost-of-park-attack.htm One of two teens severely injured in a brutal assault in an Auckland park has spoken for the first time of the night he almost died. Nathaniel Morrow, 19, and his friend Dana McCarthy, 17, sustained ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/auckland&#039s-riches-to-be-handed-to-corporate-cronies.htm In 1984 the founders of the Act Party, who were then embedded in the David Lange Government, carried out an economic coup resulting in the sovereignty of our economy being handed to our corporate elit... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/auckland-pub-has-irish-luck.htm It may have them crying into their pints of Guinness in Dublin, but an Irish-themed pub in an upmarket Auckland hotel has been named one of the top 10 places in the world to celebrate St Patrick's Day... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/hide-needs-to-shore-up-act-before-roy-tears-it-down.htm Shrink In 1994, not long after Rodney Hide became leader of Act, I was driving the two of us to a meeting at Hotel du Vin south of Auckland. I thought I knew a shortcut, but got lost and started pani... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/strike-threat-to-hospital-treatment.htm Patients may face longer waits for x-rays and scans from tomorrow as hospital radiographers start a week of rolling industrial action. Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/internet-providers-hit-out-at-website-blocker.htm A controversial internet filter which blocks access to hundreds of websites on a secret Internal Affairs blacklist has gone live. The child exploitation system was introduced last month in a bid to... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/big-slice-of-trouble.htm The menu at Hell Pizza contains dishes named Nemesis, Trouble and Wrath. But such words could equally be applied to an ugly legal battle over the fast food giant. The company's former owners are sui... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/bryers&#039-secret-trust-link.htm Payments from former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers show he had control over large amounts of money after his finance empire collapsed - and it could have come from a secret trust he had previously distan... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/kiwi-women-have-more-sex.htm According to a global survey on market research website onepoll.com, New Zealand women are the most sexually experienced in the world. Photo / Herald on Sunday Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/polluter-to-appeal-conviction.htm The first person to be jailed for pollution in New Zealand has been sentenced to prison again for the same offence. Bill Conway has been jailed for 6 months after being convicted on 14 charges relati... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/sceptics-bag-latest-prius-claim.htm Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the a... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/auckland-bowlers-kane&#039d-by-nd-star.htm A magnificent unbeaten century by in-form teenager Kane Williamson helped Northern Districts take a stranglehold of their Plunket Shield four-day cricket match against Auckland yesterday. Having secu... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/scrutiny-just-part-of-job.htm Mayor Michael Laws must accept scrutiny of his private life, according to his radio station colleague John Tamihere. 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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/nz-pledges-$5.5m-in-aid-for-cook-islands.htm A $5.5 million reconstruction package for the Cook island of Aitutaki, which was devastated by Cyclone Pat, was announced today by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully. Cyclone Pat ripped through ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/tactix-will-not-rush.htm The Tactix have experienced a major blow to their campaign with Australian import Peta Stephens heading home with a serious shoulder injury sustained in the pre-season. Tactix chief executive Anthony... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:49:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/black-caps-shaky-in-wellington.htm Despite having already clinched the series Australia did not cut New Zealand any slack in the fifth and final one-day international at Wellington on Saturday. Ross Taylor (30) and Scott Styris built ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/plane-crash-kills-heir-to-an-empire.htm The heir to a property development empire died when his plane clipped a van in which his brother was travelling and burst into flames. Stacey Hopper, 27, was flying a Yak-52, a single-engine plan... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/nelson-gang-charity-bike-ride-goes-ahead.htm TAKE IT EASY: Police yesterday kept a close eye on Wellington Hells Angels members, who have angered Nelson skinheads by staying at a local beachside suburb. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/&#039ban&#039-on-labour-mps-speaking-at-pasifika-festival.htm Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni has accused Auckland City Council officials of preventing MPs from her party from being allowed to speak on the main stage at the Pasifika Festival in Auckland today. Th... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/government-gives-cook-islands-$5.5m-in-aid.htm A $5.5 million reconstruction package for the Cook island of Aitutaki, devastated by Cyclone Pat, was announced today by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully. Cyclone Pat ripped through the Co... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/free-the-whale-defender-put-whaling-on-trial.htm Saturday, 13 March 2010, 2:02 pm Press Release: Green Party Free The Whale-Defender; Put Whaling On Trial Instead New Zealand authorities must do everything they can to bring whale-defender Pe... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/win-for-team-nz.htm Wednesday, 10 March 2010 05:38 +1200Radio Sport yachting commentator Peter Montgomery talks with Team Origin skipper Ben Ainslie after the first up loss to Italian syndicate Azzurra at the Louis Vuitt... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/quincey-landfall-likely-tomorrow.htm Trans Tasman rower Sean Quincey is expected to hit land at about 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. He is less than 100 kilometres from New Zealand, and making good progress towards 90 Mile Beach. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/australia/new-zealand-news/brian-tamaki&#039s-speaking-fee-intensifies-concerns.htm Brian Tamaki Concern is intensifying over the amount of cash being paid to the head of the Destiny Church. It has emerged church leader Brian Tamaki claims a speaking fee each time he preaches at... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:00 +0100