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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Figures out from Statistics New Zealand today underline the drift to New Zealand's three main cities. Almost half the country's working population now works in either Auckland, Wellington or the Canterbury region. The report...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wellington - Roll-your-own cigarettes, favoured by some smokers who think they are safer than the factory-made products, could be more dangerous, even when filters are used, according to research released in New Zealand on Sunday. Dr Murray Laugesen,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Wellington - Three people have died of swine flu in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday, reporting the country's first fatalities from the H1N1 virus. It said the chief coroner had reported that it was strongly probable the H1...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Wellington - A Chinese businessman said to be friendly with a number of New Zealand members of parliament has been arrested and charged with immigration and passport offences, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Yong Ming Yan - also known as Bill Liu, ...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Wellington - A woman who complained to police about an unwanted sexual encounter with a former New Zealand government minister has dropped the case, police announced on Friday. Richard Worth, a lawyer, resigned as minister of internal affairs in the ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Wellington - About 50 residents of a village on the shores of New Zealand's Lake Taupo who were evacuated after earthquakes threatened to unleash a landslide were given the all-clear Thursday to go home. The people of Waihi, the ancestral home of a M...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Wellington - New evidence shows that if global warming melts the West Antarctic ice sheet, sea levels around the world could rise by up to five metres, a New Zealand scientist said on Thursday. Tim Naish, director of Victoria University's Antarctic R...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Thursday that he had received a letter from his French counterpart Francois Fillon apologizing for the behaviour of a rugby player who lied about being attacked. Player Mathieu Bastareaud, 20, adm...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Australian and New Zealand scientists have used prehistoric feathers to help map the color of giant extinct birds and said Wednesday they believe their method could help reconstruct the appearance of other extinct bird species.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Wellington - A paraplegic gunman who terrorized a suburban street by firing about 100 random shots from his wheelchair before he was shot dead by New Zealand police told friends he was fed up with life and wanted to go out in a blaze of glory, the TV...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Wellington - A paraplegic gunman who terrorized a suburban street by firing about random 100 shots from his wheelchair was shot dead by New Zealand police after a three-hour stand-off, police confirmed on Monday. They said the drama in the Christchur...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Wellington - A paraplegic gunman who terrorized a suburban street by firing about random 100 shots from his wheelchair was shot dead by New Zealand police after a three-hour stand-off, news reports said on Monday. Police said the drama in the Christc...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
It's been a shameful month for New Zealand rugby. The boorish bottle-throwing fans in Dunedin shocked the French. The All Blacks' lack of physicality shocked New Zealanders. A total goose of a girl invaded the pitch in Wellington...
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doreenakadoreen | 12/27/2008
Sharon Prior was a beautiful 16 year old blonde from Point St-Charles, Quebec . Sharron was last seen March 29 1975 going to Marina's Pizzeria on Wellington and Ash Avenue to meet some friends. She was later found in Longueil, Quebec, brutally murdered.Her killer or killers were never brought to justice, even after all of these years. The Prior family still have not had closure after 32 years. This