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STC To Continue Christchurch Resilience-Building Programme

Saturday, 24 December 2011, 8:23 pm | Save The Children

Following yesterday's series of magnitude 5.8 earthquakes in Christchurch, Save the Children New Zealand has said that the organisation’s Journey of Hope programme will continue to run into 2012. Save the Children New Zealand established the successful ... More >>

Dangerous Driving Habits Targeted By Police This Christmas

Thursday, 22 December 2011, 1:41 pm | ANZPAA

Police Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand are conducting Operation Crossroads this Christmas (23 December 2011 - 3 January 2012) to raise awareness of road safety issues, in particular drink/drug driving, speeding, careless driving and licence ... More >>

Lower Hutt Police Bust Alleged Methamphetamine Ring

Monday, 19 December 2011, 10:07 am | New Zealand Police

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection to an alleged methamphetamine supply ring in Lower Hutt over the weekend. Lower Hutt Police Tactical Coordinator Senior Sergeant Steve Harwood says Police executed search warrants at a Stokes Valley ... More >>

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Hunting Fatality in Wanaka

Monday, 19 December 2011, 10:04 am | New Zealand Police

Wanaka Police are investigating the tragic death of a 23 yr old man following a hunting accident in the early hours of this morning. Police were called to a farm property in the Maungawera Valley, just out side of Wanaka at about 2.30am. A 24 year old ... More >>

First Woman Completes Command Of Navy Inshore Patrol Vessel

Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Tuesday 13 December 2011 Lieutenant Alexandra Hansen has ensured her place New Zealand naval history as the first woman to command a Royal New Zealand Navy Inshore Patrol Vessel, HMNZS Pukaki . More >>

NZ Among Nations Making No Progress On Child Maltreatment

Friday, 9 December 2011, 2:01 pm | University of Otago

New Zealand is named in a major international study involving the University of Otago as one of six states and countries which have no clear evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment over the past two decades. Led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, University ... More >>

SPCA: “Ban fireworks for personal use”

Friday, 11 November 2011, 4:52 pm | RNZSPCA

In light of death, injury and distress of animals again this Guy Fawkes, the Royal New Zealand SPCA is calling for Government to institute a complete ban on fireworks for personal use in line with Australian public policy. The reduction of days of ... More >>

US Earthquake Reports: Virginia, New York, Washington DC

Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 12:47 pm | Scoop News

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has struck the east coast of the United States at 01:51:04 PM (EDT) - Eastern Daylight (New York, Toronto), 05:51AM this morning(NZ). The US Geological Survey reported that epicenter was located 1.5km below Mineral, VA but ... More >>

2010 Hindsight: A One-Eyed Review

Friday, 31 December 2010, 12:40 pm | David Thompson

2010 HINDSIGHT: A one-eyed review of events of the year, based loosely on true stories, Twitter, and the author's imagination More >>

CTUWC Condemns ACC Attack On Low Paid Workers

Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

The Women’s Council of the NZCTU have condemned ACC’s cutting of travel allowances for home support workers as yet another attack on the low paid and on women in particular. More >>

Don’t fall for ‘Green Card Lottery’ scams

Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:20 pm | US Consulate

With just over two weeks to go in the 2011 U.S. ‘Green Card Lottery,’ United States immigration officials in Auckland are warning applicants to watch out for private companies which offer to apply on their behalf in exchange for significant ... More >>

Kapiti Protest Meeting Backs Sacked Observer

Monday, 15 June 2009, 4:23 pm | Kapati Independent News

A capacity crowd at the Kapiti Community Centre has voted unanimously to fight for the reinstatement of sacked Observer reporter K Gurunathan. Mr Gurunathan – known as Guru – was sacked by Observer owners Fairfax Media after he wrote a controversial ... More >>

Protesting Outside Austrian Consulate Today

Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 2:42 pm | Wellington Animal Rights Network

Animal Rights campaigners will be protesting outside the Austrian Consulate today as the Austrian Government prepares to prosecute up to 40 animal rights campaigners under organised crime laws More >>

Update on South Canterbury river flooding

Monday, 18 May 2009, 5:09 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury’s Timaru-based flood control team are warning farmers and land-owners around the Lower Waitaki River to keep a close eye on the river, which is likely to remain at high levels for some time. More >>

Police seek witnesses over alleged sexual assult

Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:41 pm | Police Canterbury

A young woman is extremely affected after an alleged sexual assault on the banks of the Avon River, Christchurch, in the early hours of last Sunday. More >>

Matatmata schoolboy named

Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:31 am | New Zealand Police

The name of a Matamata schoolboy who died after being struck down by a car near the town on Friday afternoon has been released. More >>

Weak NZ dollar cuts refugee remittances

Friday, 13 March 2009, 12:42 pm | Businesswire

March 13 – Refugees are the hidden victims of a weak New Zealand dollar as the currency’s dwindling spending power cuts the value of funds sent to their families in home countries such as Somalia. More >>

Man Seriously Injured In Attack

Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Police

A 19 year old man was seriously injured in an unprovoked attack in the early hours of Sunday morning in Central Christchurch. More >>

SRB: Three Decades of Slander Continue

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 10:03 am | Scoop Review of Books

SRB Picks of the Week June 7 By Jeremy Rose for the Scoop Review of Books More >>

Gates Overrules Conway: Marines to Remain in Iraq

Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 9:46 am | truthout.org

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week that he is opposed to redeploying some US troops in Iraq to Afghanistan, as had been proposed earlier by the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James T. Conway. More >>

Dow Chemical campus recruitment at IIT

Sunday, 21 October 2007, 3:40 pm | Bobby Ramakant

Dow Chemical, the owner of Union Carbide, and all of its subsidiaries should be barred from campus recruitment at all IITs, demanded hundreds of alumni of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) . More >>

University staff mourn death of Maori Queen

Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:16 pm | Association of University Staff

Ka whakatau hā ki te rangi e tu nei Ka whakatau hā ki te papa e takoto nei Tau noa te whakaaro nui ki a rātou kua whakatairangahia atu ki tua, ki nehe nui Mauri ora ki te whai ao kit e ao marama More >>

Busway Traffic Bulletin, August 12-18

Friday, 11 August 2006, 12:30 am | Transit New Zealand

Busway Traffic Bulletin, August 12-18 Transit New Zealand advises motorists of proposed closures for work on State Highway 1 for the construction of the Northern Busway over the next week (weather permitting). More >>

Information Gathering Around Kahui Twins Continues

Monday, 3 July 2006, 12:22 am | New Zealand Police

The team of detectives investigating the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui on June 18 has, over the past few weeks, completed hundreds of inquiries involving all manner of people and institutions. More >>

Two Police Officers Seriously Assaulted

Thursday, 29 June 2006, 12:15 am | New Zealand Police

Henderson Police are investigating an incident early today in which two police officers were seriously assaulted while affecting an arrest. More >>

Downtown Robbery Nets Thousands

Friday, 16 June 2006, 10:01 am | New Zealand Police

Auckland City Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of an ADT security guard who was leaving a Queen St BNZ bank minutes before 5pm yesterday. More >>

Body found in Avon River

Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 11:34 am | New Zealand Police

A post mortem was conducted this morning on a body found in the Avon River. It has established that there are no suspicious circumstances. More >>

Police 111 operator helps to halt runaway truck

Saturday, 3 June 2006, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Police

A major road catastrophe on SH1 was averted this afternoon through the efforts of a police 111 calltaker and the driver of a truck with brake failure in the Whakatane district. More >>

Aggravated Robbery At Massey Campus Albany

Thursday, 4 May 2006, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Police

North Shore Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of two security officers at Massey Campus in Albany. More >>

Scoop Top 30 weekend Ratings - June 11-12

Sunday, 12 June 2005, 11:33 pm | Scoop Daily Ratings

The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Ratings - 2 June 2005

Friday, 3 June 2005, 10:04 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>

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