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Police consider charges after Lake Taupo ski tragedy

Updated 5:54PM

The driver of a boat that ran over and killed a nine-year-old girl on Lake Taupo today has been interviewed by police, who say it is too early to say whether charges will be laid. The girl… More

Fire crews look over the home in Nicola Place where four family members died. Photo / Greg Bowker

UPDATED: Unattended cooking behind house fire which killed four children
Fire crews look over the home in Nicola Place where four family members died. Photo / Greg Bowker

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Tearful Warriors skipper refuses to believe Fai gone

Updated 6:13PM

Warriors captain Steve Price fought back tears today, as he spoke of the anguish over teammate Sonny Fai, missing… More

Protesters call on NZ Govt to oppose Gaza attacks

Over 1000 Palestinian supporters marched through central Wellington today in protest against Israel's bombardment… More

Review: Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide

It had variety. It had comedy. It had songs by the greats - Radiohead, Wilco, Crowded House, er, Thunderclap Newman. But… More

Travel

Photos from the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in northeastern China… View

Science

Necropsy on great white shark to be performed in public… More

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River collision victims named

Searchers have found the bodies of two people involved in a collision between a jet boat and a jet ski on the Kawarau River. Anton Oskar Woitasek, 34, and Lawrence Brett Singleton… More

Investors deserted NZX in 2008

The total value of trading on the New Zealand sharemarket in 2008 was 18 per cent down on 2007 to $28 billion, figures from operator NZX show. As markets around the globe were confronted… More


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Your tributes for Sonny Fai Your tributes for Sonny Fai… More

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'Ugly Betty' actress gives birth to twins

LOS ANGELES - Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell are new parents - times two. A publicist for the Ugly Betty actress says twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose… More

New Year's Eve on thin ice

There is no mistaking the sound of a breaking ice sheet. It starts as a deep creaking and crunching that fills your insides with adrenaline and dread. Then, while… More

Boy and girl, six and seven, try to elope to sunny Africa

Fed up with the near-Arctic temperatures at home, a seven-year-old German girl and her six-year-old boyfriend hatched a plan to "elope" to Africa and get married… More


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