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One dead in fire
Police and Fire Safety officers are investigating after a body was found in a burnt-out campervan in the South Island this morning.
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Finance giant on the brink of collapse
Allan Hubbard's finance company is near receivership and is understood to be in last-minute talks with the Govt and overseas investors to avoid NZ's largest corporate collapse in decades.
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South Canterbury Finance trading halt likely to persist
South Canterbury Finance is likely to remain in a trading halt into next week as it awaits fresh capital.
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SC Finance in trading halt
South Canterbury Finance had its securities halted from trading on the NZX debt market pending an announcement on a new investor.
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Statutory managers confirm shortfall in Hubbard Funds
The value of some investments were overstated by at least 25 per cent.
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Cabinet braces for Hubbard SFO fizzer
Cabinet is bracing itself for the possibility that the SFO probe into Allan Hubbard will not find any evidence of complex fraud.
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Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard
Allan Hubbard is a genius, says one investor who says she has doubled her money in 12 years.
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Hubbard supporters push bandwagon on to internet
Thousands of people using the internet to their support for embattled Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard.
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Hundreds rally in support of Hubbard
A march in support of Allan Hubbard and his wife Jean proceeded through Timaru's main street today and finished up outside South Canterbury Finance.
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Nurse struck off for punching elderly man in mouth
A nurse has been struck off the register for punching a "vulnerable" elderly man in the mouth while she was working at a resthome.
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French Polynesia: Road trip around Moorea
Moorea, along with ultra-expensive Bora Bora, is one French Polynesia's most popular islands with visitors. But remarkably, the impact of tourism, visually at least, is relatively low-key.