Top Stories: Hamilton (New Zealand), Nov 30 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his New Zealand counterpart John Key have agreed to start formal negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) next year, a newspaper report here said. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:10:02 -0500Wellington, Nov.30 : New Zealand fast bowler Iain O'Brien has credited three factors for his role in ensuring a 32-run first test victory for his side over Pakistan. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:40:04 -0500Christchurch (New Zealand), Nov 30 (IANS) Negotiations towards a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand would hopefully start early next year, India-New Zealand Trade Business Council chairman Wenceslaus Anthony has said. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:20:04 -0500CROSSROADS: The growing influence of the Web to distribute content, combined with economic malaise, has left many investors uncertain about where to make their next bets. Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:34 -0500In October, Air New Zealand suffered a serious failure when its mainframe went down, crashing the airline’s check-in, call centre and booking systems. The event led to a much publicised spat with... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:32 -0500Motorists should expect delays after both lanes of State Highway 2 near Upper Hutt were closed because of a large slip. Police said the landslide had blocked the southbound lane next to Te Marua La... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:32 -0500A constable concocted a fake story and falsified job sheets to cover up the death of an Auckland man killed while being chased by police, a court was told. The story fooled a Police Conduct Authori... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:31 -0500A gap in the strength of the housing market is opening between the three metropolitan centres and the rest of the country, a new survey shows. The New Zealand Property Report from property listing ... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:30 -0500A Waikato newspaper publisher could soon be world famous on the internet after a security camera captured footage of him deliberately scratching a former advertiser's car. In a one-minute clip pos... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:29 -0500Three floors of a central Wellington office building were flooded this morning. Wellington fire communications shift manager Murray Dunbar said three fire engines were called to Exchange Place on W... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:28 -0500For the fifth time in the seven years since the inception of the IRB World Rankings in 2003, New Zealand have finished the annual rugby calendar at the top of the list. Only in 2003 (England) and 2... Planet Rugby Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:36:00 -0500One person was killed and three other people were injured in a crash on State Highway 1 at Mata, south of Whangarei, at 5.30am. At 10.30am a male driver was killed near Ruawai, when he crashed near t... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:57 -0500A fisherman called researchers just after 10am to say he had seen the booster floating off Great Mercury Island. The six metre rocket blasted off from the island yesterday afternoon, reaching an altit... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:57 -0500Federated Mountain Clubs is furious at Ministry of Economic Development recommendations that 20 percent of the land in Mt Aspiring National Park be set aside for mining. Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:56 -0500On what is officially the first day of summer, MetService has issued a severe weather watch for parts of the lower North Island for tonight and tomorrow morning. Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:55 -0500ACC has announced there will be little change in the rises it previously suggested when it makes recommendations to the Government. However, chairman John Judge says the corporation is lowering its re... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:54 -0500The Grunter had put the economy into an ice box hoping to thaw it when the time was right. Unfortunately for him he ran out of time. The public was tired of frozen wages, mortgage interest rates and f... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:53 -0500Figures from a Ministry of Health register show 308 people died or were injured in potentially preventable incidents in the past year. That amounts to 0.03 percent of all people treated across the cou... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:52 -0500Auckland is driving the rise in house selling price expectations, while the rest of the country lags behind, a report today says. The upward trend in home sellers' price expectations is being driven ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:32 -0500Shrink PERUGIA, Italy - A lawyer for the former boyfriend of Amanda Knox painted Knox as naive, spontaneous and imprudent as she argued Monday that both Knox and her lover were innocent in the slayin... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:17 -0500Shrink MUNICH - A German court put John Demjanjuk on trial Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp. Demjanjuk, a former Soviet Red Army soldier... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:16 -0500A person has died after their car hit a bank in the second fatal crash in Northland this morning. The latest incident, which happened about 10.30am, occurred on the corner of State Highway 12 and Tok... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:14 -0500The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has received nearly 200 calls after television host Paul Henry referred to intellectually-disabled Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle as "retarded". On last Monda... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:13 -0500A small, private company launched New Zealand’s first rocket into space to cheers from about 50 people gathered on a small island off the country’s coast. As the noise of the blastoff sen... Wired News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:48 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 10:56 am Press Release: Statistics New Zealand Embargoed until 10:45am – 01 December 2009 Surplus for Crown research institutesThe collective operating surplus ... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:54:09 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 10:46 am Press Release: National Distribution Union Union to release The Warehouse’s “Wal-Mart” plansThe National Distribution Union will for the ... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:54:08 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 11:34 am Press Release: Climate Conversation Climate Conversation Group30 November 2009in association with the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition (NZCSC)FOR IMMEDI... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:54:05 -0500The amount of capital raised on the NZX has soared to a new record high with $6.19 billion worth of capital generated in the year to date.The figure is made up of $3.17 billion in equity and $3.02 bil... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:24 -0500Changes to the tax system will be considered as part of the 2010 budget, but there will need to be wide public support for any major changes, Finance Minister Bill English said today.Mr English indica... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:23 -0500ACC is still pushing for a large increase in levies, despite a storm of protest over the size of the hikes proposed.ACC chairman John Judge said the organisation received a record number of submission... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:16 -0500Laws combating the influence of gangs in organised crime and the manufacture of methamphetamine came into effect today.Police have expanded surveillance powers, enabling them to apply for an intercept... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:15 -0500After recovering yesterday from a bout of risk aversion triggered by Dubai's financial woes, the New Zealand dollar fell away again overnight.The kiwi fell to US71.42c by 8am from US72.11c at 5pm yest... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:14 -0500New Zealand has signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with the Federation of St Christopher and Nevis, more commonly known as St Kitts, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today. "TI... Beehive Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:36:42 -0500Finance Minister Bill English says a lot of recommendations contained in the 2025 Taskforce report are not practical from the Government's point of view.The Don Brash-led report, which was instigated ... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:31:24 -0500The New Zealand team has finished the Taekwondo World Championships runner up to hosts Argentina with 13 Gold medals, eight Silver and nine Bronze medals.The result marks an improvement from third in ... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:31:24 -0500Some of New Zealand's rising golf talent will be on display at the Interprovinicial Tournament at the Manawatu Golf Club this week.Teams of five from New Zealand's golfing districts compete in seven r... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:31:23 -0500If Kiwis ever needed more reasons to jump the ditch to Australia, a new report just supplied them.New Zealanders have been told that there's not just warmer weather over the Tasman - Aussies also ... West Australian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:05:09 -0500The 15th Unicycling World Championships will be held in Wellington from December 28, with 475 competitors from 22 countries expected. Unicon XV will be the first time a southern hemisphere country ... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:01:58 -0500Hundreds of miners returned to work today after ending a month-long industrial dispute with Solid Energy. Miners and maintenance staff at the company's Huntly East coalmine voted yesterday to accep... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:01:54 -0500Tax Working Group chairman Bob Buckle has opened a one-day seminar on the group's work this morning warning that the system was not working as efficiently as it could. He told the 200 present that ... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:01:53 -0500Air New Zealand plans to work with the Government and Antarctica New Zealand to explore opportunities for the families of the Mt Erebus victims to visit the accident site. Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:23 -0500New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs anti-spam compliance unit launched an investigation last year and Lance Atkinson admitted sending more than two million unsolicited emails to New Zealand c... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:23 -0500The crash brought down power lines to the Livingstone area. The driver was trapped in his car for some time and once freed he allegedly blew more than twice the legal alcohol limit. The baby was shoc... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:22 -0500The All Blacks' "dirt trackers" are poised to be let loose on the Barbarians in their season finale at Twickenham on Sunday, with the team predicted to mirror the one that beat Italy in Milan. Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:20 -050001/12/2009 9:40:01Car enthusiast says new anti-boy racer laws will bring more police chases as racers try to outrun officers to save their vehicles from seizure... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:18 -0500Police are treating the death of a man found with head injuries in a Hastings street at the weekend as suspicious. The 38-year-old was admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital after being found in Karamu Roa... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:34 -0500The Government is being recommended to set aside up to a fifth of Mount Aspiring National Park's 350,000ha for possible mining and exploration, according to a leaked report. The Green Party yesterday... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:33 -0500Police are looking for Maurice Clemmons, pictured, in relation to the killings of four police officers in Parkland, Washington. Photo / AP/Pierce County Sheriff's Department... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:33 -0500Fraudsters stole £200,000 (NZ$460,000) from Ricky Gervais using a photo of his Office character. The British funnyman has revealed criminals took the huge amount of money his bank account and tried ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:32 -0500Shrink A drunk driver brought down powerlines before ploughing into the front room of a Hamilton home where a baby was sleeping. Senior Sergeant Jeff Penno said the crash happened at about 12.45am an... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:31 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 10:08 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Dunedin Police Station Open Day This WeekendThis Saturday (5 December) the public will have the opportunity to explore the ... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:20 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:48 am Press Release: The Maori Party Ae Marika!A column published in the Northland Age By Hone Harawira MP for Tai Tokerau 1 December 2009 I went to a couple of tan... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:17 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:37 am Press Release: Indonesian Human Rights Committee Indonesia Human Rights Committee,30 November 2009Media Release: West Papua Flag Raising 4-30 pm Queen St adja... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:14 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:32 am Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party 30 November 2009 Media Statement Shearer congratulates Kiwi space missionLabour’s Research, Science and Technol... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:13 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:30 am Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party 30 November 2009 Media Statement Brash completely out of touch on minimum wageDon Brash’s 2025 Task Force recom... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:12 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 10:10 am Press Release: Veda Advantage MEDIA RELEASENew Zealanders Urged To Get Savvy On Credit Card And Mobile Phone TheftAUCKLAND, 1 December 2009 - New Zealanders ... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:10 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 10:05 am Press Release: New Zealand Institute of Architects Media Release – for immediate release1 December 2009Neighbourly high-rise design wins New Zealand ... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:06 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:40 am Press Release: Unite Union Brash needs to learn up from downUnite, the union that organises thousands of low paid workers in workplaces such as cinemas, fastf... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:06 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:59 am Press Release: Ballance Farm Environment awards Rotorua to Host Environmental Farm Leaders of the FutureFuture dairy farming leaders from the length and bread... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:01 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:26 am Press Release: Climate Conversation Climate Conversation Group30 November 2009in association with the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition (NZCSC)FOR IMMEDIA... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:01 -0500Dec. 1 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless s... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:57 -0500By Paul McBethDec. 1 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar drifted back toward 71 U.S. cents as concerns about investment company Dubai World reemerged after the Dubai government talked do... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:55 -0500Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:06 am Press Release: IHI Action Maori Leadership Mobilise Nationally to Meet Local Government Challenge Maori leadership from around the country will meet this... Scoop Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:55 -0500Tapmaker Methven is not letting the stubborn leaky tap that is its UK business keep it awake at night, Instead, it has a plan to aggressively target the British hotel scene for sales growth.Like many ... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:51 -0500The Environment Court’s decision to oppose Meridian Energy’s Project Hayes windfarm is a concern for every infrastructure investment in the country, says the New Zealand Wind Energy Associ... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:50 -0500Fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s is attempting to create a Guinness World Records™ record in Christchurch today by cooking the “World’s Largest Scrambled Egg.”To mak... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:49 -0500Police, courts and local authorities will have greater powers to crack down on illegal street racing with two new laws coming into force at midnight tonight.Street racers caught in the act will lose t... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:36 -0500NZSki, operator of Coronet Peak and The Remarkables at Queenstown, and Mt Hutt ski area, has been crowned the 2009 Westpac Supreme Business of the Year.The award was part of the Chamber of Commerce Qu... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:35 -0500(RTTNews) - Mixed Opens are expected for the New Zealand and Australia sharemarkets, following a lukewarm lead from Wall Street. U.S. markets experienced an up-and-down trading session on Monday on ... Quote.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:55:49 -0500LATEST: Mariners are being urged to keep a lookout for the payload from New Zealand's first home-grown space rocket. The rocket, dubbed Manu Karere, or Bird Messenger, was launched from Great Mercu... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:39 -0500Relevant offers An alleged drunk driver crashed into a baby's bedroom in Hamilton early this morning. Hamilton police spokesman Senior Sergeant Jeff Penno said the Isuzu Bighorn cras... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:37 -0500An Auckland mother spent seven hours locked in a small closet after her 14-month-old son shut the door on her. Karen Kilgour, 32, sat helplessly listening to her son Harry "crashing and banging" ar... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:36 -0500CONFUSION: Hairdresser Sarndra Cleland is in a tangle after receiving a young man's personal details in a letter from the Timaru Hospital, along with her appointment card. Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:33 -0500The Australian banking regulator is understood to have sought further details of the exposure of Australian lenders to Dubai as it prepared for potential shocks to the global financial system from the... Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:32 -0500'PRICELESS': Tokoroa man Thomas Lee's 1997-model Harley Davidson Softail custom was stolen from outside his Balmoral Lodge motel unit in Invercargill overnight on Saturday. Stuff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:32 -0500The Institute of Economic Research's latest Quarterly Predictions report predicts subdued economic growth of 2.6 percent next year, mainly on the back of pent up demand for big-ticket items. It estima... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:14:48 -050001/12/2009 7:38:00Radio Sport editor Matt Brown talks with Heineken Open tournament director Richard Palmer about the likely field for next months event with entries closing at 11 oclock this morning. Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:14:46 -0500With rumours once again swirling that the owner of the Whitcoulls and Borders bookselling brands in New Zealand is about to list, Redgroup Retail is remaining tight-lipped about any potential float, c... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:52 -0500A TelstraClear spokesman downplayed the change, saying the two operations had always been close, and that it would be “business as usual”. National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:50 -0500Stocks on Wall Street have made a groggy start to the week as US investors worried about slower holiday sales and world markets absorbed mixed signals over the Dubai debt crisis. National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:49 -0500The economy still faces significant risks despite being out of recession, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) says.Continued improvement was expected, but the next few quarters woul... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:47 -0500United Arab Emirate sharemarkets fell the most in more than a year as mainly overseas investors sold out, slicing $US9 billion worth of value from stocks.Dubai's main index of stocks closed 7.3% lower... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:46 -0500Most of the value of KiwiRail is in its land holdings, most of which could almost certainly be used for more productive uses, The 2025 Taskforce report said.The taskforce said it was particularly conc... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:42 -0500The 2025 Taskforce has drawn the ire of the Telecommunications Users Association, Tuanz, for suggesting the Government's ultra fast broadband initiative be put on hold."Sadly the taskforce seems to wa... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:40 -0500Jeweller Michael Hill has won another award for achievement in business -- the Beacon Award from the New Zealand Shareholders' Association.Mr Hill received the award today at a lunch, which was also a... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:39 -0500New Zealand Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard is targeting directors he deems to be ineffective in a campaign next year.Mr Sheppard said he still has to clear the campaign with the ass... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:38 -0500Four members of the Legal Services Agency board have resigned in the wake of a scathing review into the legal aid system.Justice Minister Simon Power today said he had accepted the resignations of boa... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:32 -0500A report advocating slashing taxes and government spending is too radical to be implemented fully, Finance Minister Bill English says.The 2025 taskforce report, headed by the former National Party lea... National Business Review Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:30 -0500The number of permits issued for new homes continues to rise.The number of building consents issued last month jumped 11 percent to just over 1,300.That follows a 3.5 percent rise in October.Statistic... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:57 -0500Hanover Finance directors are recommending that investors accept the Allied Farmers proposal.In a $400 million offer, Allied Farmers is proposing a swap of its shares to buy the loan assets of Hanover... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:56 -0500The Broadcasting Standards Authority is undertaking a study to find out how New Zealanders feel about the word "retard" after TV One's Breakfast host Paul Henry called Scottish singer Susan Boyle "ret... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:53 -0500Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper is returning to his provincial roots.Cooper steps down from his Super 14 role next year and will return to Taranaki, taking over from Adrian Kennedy.Cooper has signed a t... NZ City Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:52 -0500The Broadcasting Standards Authority is undertaking a study to find out how New Zealanders feel about the word "retard" after TV One's Breakfast host Paul Henry called Scottish singer Susan Boyle "ret... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:16:37 -0500O'Brien dislocated a finger on his bowling hand during the first test in Dunedin, but an x-ray has cleared him of a fracture. Meanwhile, team mate Grant Elliott is battling tendonitis in his knee, bu... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:16:35 -0500Teams of five from New Zealand's golfing districts compete in seven rounds of match play before semifinals and the final on Saturday. Bay of Plenty is the defending champion after beating Wellington i... Newstalk ZB Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:16:34 -0500A plan to close the wealth gap with Australia is "too radical" for Finance Minister Bill English, who says bringing the two countries to economic parity by 2025 is an "aspirational" rather than realis... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:43 -0500Shrink Australians live longer than we do, in bigger houses, and have more leisure time. The report of the Don Brash-led taskforce on how to catch up with Australian living standards by 2025 quotes 1... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:39 -0500The Department of Labour has decided the fatal crushing of All Black Keven Mealamu's niece by a rugby scrum machine was a workplace accident and it will be investigating. The Auckland coroner will al... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:37 -0500Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers was abused as he arrived at the Auckland District Court yesterday for the latest hearing into criminal charges against him. "I hope you feel good putting me out on th... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:36 -0500 | 
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