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Comedian's trial for alleged sex abuse postponed
The trial of a well known New Zealand comedian for allegedly sexually abusing a young girl has been postponed.
![Murder accused 'left body to decompose in apartment' - Crown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Murder accused 'left body to decompose in apartment' - Crown
A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and left her body to decompose in an Auckland apartment for up to 3-1/2 weeks, the High Court hears.
![Bad fan behaviour tests Eden Park](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bad fan behaviour tests Eden Park
Booze-charged rugby league fans threw bottles on to Eden Park and booed during last night's clash between the Kiwis and Australia.
![<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: If we're caringly nosey more children may live](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: If we're caringly nosey more children may live
Mandatory reporting would have saved children like young James Whakaruru.
![Games cover-up: Kiwi star was drunk, say witnesses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Games cover-up: Kiwi star was drunk, say witnesses
Witnesses say Daniel Bell was far more affected by alcohol than the "couple of beers" assessment Swimming NZ gave when they sent him home from the Commonwealth Games.
![Ex-principal will fight money laundering, fraud charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ex-principal will fight money laundering, fraud charges
A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.
![<i>John Roughan</i>: Hidden danger in sacred sand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>John Roughan</i>: Hidden danger in sacred sand
There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.
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World catches up with good life
Wilderland, an alternative community on the Coromandel Peninsula, has been ordered to evacuate and demolish all its dwellings.