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Erma bans pesticide use
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (Erma) has revoked approvals for the use of methyl parathion, a pesticide used against insects and mites.
The European Union banned the pesticide in 2003.
In New Zealand, no products...
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Tunnel dinner success
About $80,000 was raised for Rotary youth projects at a dinner held for 2134 guests in the tunnels on the new motorway between Orewa and Puhoi.
Rodney Mayor Penny Webster said Saturday night's successful function was a community...
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Engineers to Antarctica
Ten army engineers will depart tomorrow for Antarctica to carry out maintenance tasks at the New Zealand and United States bases for the next 10 weeks.
Their tasks include constructing outdoor weather shelters, installing new hangar...
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Stranded in Thailand: 'Get us out of here'
An Air Force rescue mission or a chartered Air New Zealand jet could be used to get New Zealanders out of Bangkok if unrest there becomes worse.
Prime Minister John Key yesterday said both ideas contingency plans to get the 200...
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Port strike set to cause major disruption
Auckland's port company expects four big container ships to be disrupted by a 24-hour strike from late tonight in a dispute which is stifling Christmas cheer on the waterfront.
One ship has already been diverted to other ports...
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John Key looks at ways to help small businesses cope
Prime Minister John Key says the Government is working on a plan to help small and medium businesses cope with the recession.
Any further steps to relieve the strain of the economic downturn were likely to focus on small and medium...
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Transplant out for heart patient
Stephen Delaney, lying perilously ill in Auckland City Hospital with heart failure, is desperate to survive for his 8-year-old son Joseph.
Mr Delaney had his first heart attack nearly three months ago and now faces death within...
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Tainui fight threatens to end up in court
After years of stability within Waikato Tainui, political infighting could take it back to court as some leaders push for restructuring.
The tribe has a complex governance, management and commercial structure made up of Te Kauhanganui,...
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Booze bus blitzes to target drink-drivers day and night
Anytime, anywhere - that's the warning from police who are mounting big drink-drive operations throughout New Zealand during December.
A police national headquarters spokesman yesterday said there would be no co-ordinated national...
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Setting sail for the hearts of the young
Te Aurere may be the first double-hulled waka Hec Busby ever built, but after 16 years the boat still knows how to give him a few thrills, he reckons.
Mr Busby, 76, is circumnavigating the North Island in the waka to train the...
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