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NZ HERALD News, May 22, 2013






New Zealand man fined over Prince Charles and Camilla manure plot
Herald Sun
Judge Anne Kiernan found Bracanov guilty in the Auckland District Court and ordered him to pay a $NZ200 ($167) fine plus $NZ132 in expenses, the New Zealand Herald reported. Fairfax Media reported that Bracanov, who police described as "a known ...
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New Zealand media slams team for abject surrender against England at Lord's
Cricket Country
The New Zealand Herald's Andrew Alderson highlighted that for only the second time in New Zealand Test history none of the top six batsmen reached double figures in a second innings that lasted less than two hours. "1, 9, 6, 0, 5, 8 reads like the ...
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PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - May 22
Reuters
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz). Key's NZ$1b request claim in doubt: Newly released papers raise fresh questions over Prime Minister John Key's claim that Solid Energy asked for NZ$1 billion of taxpayers' money to fund its transformation ...
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PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - May 17
Reuters
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz). Finance Minister keeps in boss' good books: Two of Prime Minister John Key's own departments - the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and also Tourism - are to get some of the biggest increases in ...
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New Zealand media muted in critique of first Test loss
IBNLive
The New Zealand Herald's Andrew Alderson, however, was slightly more critical. "If New Zealand's second innings capitulation was a classified ad it might read something like this: 'For sale. 2013 New Zealand second innings at Lord's. Promises much, but ...
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Budget 2013: Opinion and analysis
NZ Herald
... video to your playlist. Sign in. Transcript No statistics available yet. Report. Published on May 16, 2013. Expert opinion and analysis from New Zealand Herald Economics editor Brian Fallow on the 2013 Budget delivered by Finance Minister Bill English.
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New Zealand coaching rugby in Ramallah and Jerusalem
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
There was no media release following the meeting but the New Zealand Herald reported that most of the meeting was focused on the Middle East. The report said that New Zealand would be prepared to part of a peace-keeping force working within a buffer ...
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New Zealand to increase military presence in South Pacific
World Socialist Web Site
According to a report in the New Zealand Herald on May 4, the regional defence grouping, which will meet annually, is being “driven by Australia”. The United States and Britain were invited as observers, but China and Japan were “left off the guest list”.
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China Orders Embargo of Lamb, Beef Meat from New Zealand
International Business Times AU
It was not revealed how much was the cost of the items currently stuck in containers in ports across China, but the New Zealand Herald reported it was "substantial." Chinese customs authorities banned the shipments because documentation came from the ...
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Soccer-Oceania club final showcases future of broadcasting
Yahoo! Sports
OFC TV head Olivier Huc was unavailable for comment on Friday, though he told the New Zealand Herald newspaper earlier this month that the Champions League coverage was a precursor to the full launch of the OFC YouTube channel in July. Despite the ...
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Boy, 7, drives car for drunk grandfather
The Australian
The man, who has name suppression, will be sentenced in July, the New Zealand Herald reports. According to court documents, the seven-year-old was in the driver's seat and the man returned a breath-alcohol level of 1059 micrograms of alcohol per litre ...
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New Zealand Receives Over 1000 Lightning Strikes in 4 Hours (PHOTOS ...
International Business Times AU
"I wouldn't be out there with my picnic basket," The New Zealand Herald quoted Mr Corbett. The MetService added there is a potential for a few small tornadoes, while wind gusts are expected to exceed 110 km/h and hail could be bigger than 20 mm in ...
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Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sights—and hoard its milk
Quartz
Travel agents told the New Zealand Herald they're seeing clear preferences from Chinese tourists for package deals and tours of famous sites such as Rotorua and Queenstown. China's Shanghai Pengxin—who has already invested in New Zealand's dairy ...
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Morning Report: local papers
Radio New Zealand
The New Zealand Herald dubs Finance Minister Bill English - "Bill the Builder" - as it looks at Thursday's Budget. The paper describes it as a hold-the-line Budget, with no new big-ticket spending - but the lure of $1 billion cuts to ACC bills before ...
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NZ gets involved in the peace process
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
He told the New Zealand Herald: “We are simply saying, 'Look, we are not one of the big players here but we are very happy to find ways in which we can support any process you can ignite over the coming weeks.” New Zealand has been a member of the ...
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No snub as Fiji welcomes 'Classic' All Blacks
Radio Australia
A report in the New Zealand Herald - picked up by the British Guardian - claims Fiji Rugby Union wrote to the New Zealand Rugby Union seeking an agreement for a test in Suva to mark Fiji's centenary in the sport. The report said Fiji was denied, and ...
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Sport arrives on Freeview
New Zealand Herald
Former Wilson & Horton managing director Michael Horton has talked down speculation he is interested in the New Zealand assets owned by APN News & Media, publisher of the New Zealand Herald. Last Saturday, business commentator Brian Gaynor ...
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New Zealand graft buster wants tough penalties
Legalbrief (subscription)
New Zealand's Serious Fraud Office is hoping tougher penalties will be brought in this year for people found guilty of corruption in the private sector, notes a report in The New Zealand Herald. It says during a presentation at the 2013 Forensic ...
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Earthquake felt in Christchurch
FXstreet.com
According to the New Zealand Herald, "initial reports by GeoNet said it was a magnitude-4.1 shake, located 25km south-west of Christchurch, near Darfield, at a depth of 7km." The New Zealand-based newspaper also reports on people's reaction on twitter: ...
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X Factor time changes as soap ratings grow
MSN NZ News
The X Factor New Zealand has moved to a later Monday night timeslot, ending a fierce ratings war with local favourite Shortland Street. The X Factor will now take on Australian reality cooking show My Kitchen Rules instead, the New Zealand Herald reported.
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Disabled man tells of flying woes
Otago Daily Times
Philip Patston says he encounters frequent problems travelling through Auckland Airport and is speaking out after a report in yesterday's New Zealand Herald about an Air NZ frequent flyer who refused to give up her front-row seat for paraplegic Tanya ...
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Two arrested after bomb-making materials found
Newstalk ZB
The New Zealand Herald reports they also found cannabis and equipment used to cultivate the drug. Michael Logue was working at the Takapuna branch of New Zealand Post when he was arrested this week, and is facing charges under the Misuse of Drugs ...
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Beyer rethinking Wgtn mayoral ambitions
Newstalk ZB
The New Zealand Herald reports the 55-year-old's had to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with chronic kidney failure. Ms Beyer - the world's first transsexual MP - says she's had a catheter put into her stomach and will start a form of dialysis ...
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Kirwan: 'Saders clash a Test
SPORT24
New Zealand Herald's website is reporting that Blues coach, John Kirwan, will be treating the match with the full-blooded intensity of a Test match. His team will be up against it as the Blues have not walked away victorious in Super Rugby action in ...
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Yachting: Eyes on water with Cup plan up in the air
New Zealand Herald
As alluded to in the New Zealand Herald this week, there are fears that sailing times could be altered and allowable wind speeds dropped to factor in a new safety element. For Team NZ, that would be a bad result. They have proven time and again, in ...
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Eva Longoria was caught going commando at the Cannes Film Festival
Examiner.com
The New Zealand Herald reported on May 20, 2013, Eva Longoria's embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. The well known "Desperate Housewives" star accidentally revealed that she was not wearing her panties while walking the red carpet at the "Jimmy P.
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'Arrogant' All Blacks snub Fiji centenary
ESPNScrum.com
In a scathing comment piece, New Zealand Herald columnist Chris Rattue said the NZRU's decision "typifies the arrogant, ham-fisted running of the national game". He continued: "Expansive, inspirational thinking is way beyond our boofhead rugby bosses, ...
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Value of LPC stake up for Port Otago
Otago Daily Times
Photo by The New Zealand Herald. Port Otago's 15.5% stake in Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has grown in value by $5.6 million in recent weeks, in the wake of an almost 30% share spike since early April. However, frustrations remain for Port ...
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McCullum blames 'hour of madness' for loss
Wisden India
The New Zealand Herald's Andrew Alderson highlighted that, for only the second time in New Zealand's Test history, none of the top six batsmen reached double figures in a second innings that lasted less than two hours. “1, 9, 6, 0, 5, 8 reads like the ...
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Gay couple told of shared bed ban
The West Australian
He said Ms Collison's discrimination complaint "might be valid if he was running a motel, but he regarded his as a bed and breakfast establishment, putting it outside the legislation's ambit as part of his home", theNew Zealand Herald reported. "We ...
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Botox – Is the World's Most Popular Cosmetic Procedure Safe?
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
According to a May 13, 2013 New Zealand Herald article titled “Time to Rethink the Use of Botox,” Botox injections have become the most popular cosmetic procedure in the world since their approval in 2002 (Go to goo.gl/8iYbD). Although it is mostly ...
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Production nears on Boeing's other Dreamliner, the 787-9
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
The carrier's CEO, Christopher Luxon, told the New Zealand Herald that's he's confident the new model won't be plagued with the problems of the first model. “It is a real game-changing aircraft and it is highly innovative,” Luxon was quoted at saying ...
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Dead serious
Otago Daily Times
Photo supplied. Soul music legend Bobby Womack talks to Scott Kara, of The New Zealand Herald, about coming back from the dead - both physically and musically. Bobby Womack has a little chuckle about how he knows more dead people than living ones.
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Ex-All Black jacked up with Monaco princess?
Newstalk ZB
Speculation about the pair has been rife since a Spanish newspaper ran a story linking the 36-year-old former All Black to the wife of Prince Albert, according to the New Zealand Herald. It was reported that the princess was holidaying in her native ...
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