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Contact brushes off farmer's attack
Contact Energy has brushed off an attack on "disgraceful" behaviour over its planned Waikato wind farm plan.
Studio cancels Blanchett movie
Film studio Universal has cancelled historical drama Indian Summer, which was to star Cate Blanchett.
Drunk teens pelt police with bottles
Police used dogs, batons, helmets and shields to break up a 200-strong party on Saturday night.
Black weekend on NZ roads
A teenager was clinging to life last night as six crashes in 20 hours left one person dead and 15 needing hospital treatment.
Gunman held-up woman as children slept
Police are worried that a gunman who held up a woman and 'terrorised' her in her own home, will strike again
Flood warning for Waikato as seven-day low moves in
A large depression is moving towards the central North Island and Waikato, bringing with it plenty of rain.
Man given smoker's lungs in bungled transplant
A young war veteran dies after receiving cancerous lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant.
Huge turnout for sisters killed by tsunami
The father of two young women swept to their deaths by the Samoan tsunami told their funeral yesterday they would have "fought hard".