http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest National headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:00:01 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633294&ref=rss The Labour Party has chosen list MP Carmel Sepuloni as its candidate for Waitakere at the next general election.Ms Sepuloni, the party's spokesperson for civil defence, won the nomination today from community advocate Ann Pala,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:31:11 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633281&ref=rss Swine flu is being blamed for a jump in the number of deaths amongst pregnant women. The conclusion comes from researchers who have been going over records from intensive care units both here in New Zealand and in Australia.The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:41:04 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633258&ref=rss A 13-year-old will be winging to the United States after winning the New Zealand Spelling Bee competition today.Tom Winter, from Christchurch's Burnside High School, will represent New Zealand in the Olympics of spelling, the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:43:28 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633244&ref=rss Police have opened several roads in Tokoroa, which were cordoned off after a gas main was ruptured by workmen.The leak was noticed about 11.40am and police cordoned off several roads and ordered about 200 people out of their homes.The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:19:56 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633239&ref=rss A frontal system is expected to bring heavy rain to Fiordland and Westland and northwest gales to parts of Otago and Canterbury on Monday morning.Metservice forecaster Chris Noble said the heavy rain was likely to create a "spillover"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:55:21 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633230&ref=rss A prostitute has been jailed for 21 days after complaining of breaking her nails at community work and failing to carry out voluntary work at a Wanganui primary school.Tala Jepsen, 19, appeared in New Plymouth District Court for... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633229&ref=rss Loyal doctors are already considering leaving the West Coast amid grave concerns for the future of Grey Base Hospital - and warn patients could die if services decline.The West Coast District Health Board yesterday released external... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:45:55 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633228&ref=rss A man from the central North Island township of Mangakino says a false accusation of rape levelled against him is a stigma he'll never be able to shake.Leonard Joseph, 42, was last week acquitted at the High Court in Rotorua on... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:43:33 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633225&ref=rss A truck driver has died after crashing off State Highway 1 in Allanton, south of Mosgiel, Otago, about 11.15pm yesterday.Police said no other vehicles were involved and the driver died at the scene.- NZPA newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:06:05 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633200&ref=rss Investors owed millions of dollars by a New Zealand man who claims to have a knighthood want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the United States.A Herald investigation has revealed... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633207&ref=rss A bag full of money split and notes went flying as a balaclava-clad man tried to wrestle it off an 18-year-old girl in front of lunchtime shoppers at Albany yesterday. Police were last night still looking for the man, who fled... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633227&ref=rss Blenheim police say a suspected drunk driver who killed another motorist after crashing last night was not being chased.A 51-year-old woman was killed when another woman, 20, fled a police checkpoint and hit her vehicle in Blenheim... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633208&ref=rss The Government is putting $250,000 towards Rally New Zealand 2010 to try to keep New Zealand on the World Rally Championship circuit beyond this year. Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee said the money would be used for... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633118&ref=rss FOR $15 Ryan Poitoa resents getting paid less than his mates doing the same job beside him.Poitoa, 17, is one of the 150 people who got work when a Countdown supermarket opened in Manukau.He reckons he was picked out of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633209&ref=rss Police are investigating a political stunt involving the burning of a New Zealand flag in the grounds of Parliament yesterday. Two members of the Republic of NZ Party, Jack Gielen and Kerry Bevin, tried to burn the ensign and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633204&ref=rss With his body strapped into a helicopter and his mate racing his Subaru rally car on the asphalt below, Stace Hopper made his flight to eternity.Mr Hopper, whose family owns coastal land development company Hopper Developments... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:21 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633145&ref=rss Unsupervised inmates in a maximum security prison tipped over a crane in a "high-risk near-miss" accident in the same work yard from which a prisoner escaped unnoticed by using an angle grinder.A Corrections staff member tried... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633202&ref=rss The ASB bank investment adviser who stole $17.8 million charged his parents interest on an $80,000 loan to move into a retirement home - then asked for the money back when the fraud was discovered.Stephen Gerard Versalko was this... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:19 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633195&ref=rss One of New Zealand's most dangerous sex criminals attacked two women while on parole and under Corrections Department supervision.Described as a timebomb by family, Andre Charles Port served a 10-year prison sentence for sexually... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10633115&ref=rss Over the next few months some New Zealanders are likely to get a nasty shock while browsing the internet - a web page that pops up on their computer saying "STOP!".Some will genuinely be surprised, having accidentally stumbled... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:11 +1200