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![Zaoui to launch fast food career](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Zaoui to launch fast food career
The Algerian man once branded a security risk to NZ looks forward to socialising with customers at his new fast food caravan.
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Woman's phone used after disappearance
Police have widened their search for Whanganui woman Marice McGregor to the Manawatu after evidence her cellphone was switched on in the region a day after she vanished.
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Fears for missing woman growing
The family of a woman missing for 12 days say they are going through a "slow living nightmare" as police admit something untoward may have happened to her.
![Green van linked to missing woman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Green van linked to missing woman
Police investigating the disappearance of a Whanganui woman 12 days ago are seriously concerned "something untoward" has happened to her and are appealing for sightings of a green van.
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Soldier dies in road crash
A soldier and new father died in a road crash outside the Linton Army Camp yesterday - the fourth military death in two days.
![Manawatu house fire 'no accident'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Manawatu house fire 'no accident'
A fire that razed a Manawatu home overnight was "no accident" police say, amid reports a molotov cocktail sparked the blaze.
![Company fined after river guide's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Company fined after river guide's death
A Manuwatu river rafting company has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines after the 2007 drowning of an employee.
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Attempt to delay Lundy programme fails
A television programme about the life of convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy is set to go ahead.
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Name suppression decision attacked by Maori Party MPs
Party's MPs join chorus of condemnation at the permanent name suppression given to a Manawatu man who downloaded more than 300,000 pornographic images, many of them picturing children.
![Shark sightings force beach closures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shark sightings force beach closures
Shark sightings around the country have forced beach closures more than 12 times this summer.