![]() New Zealand Herald | Sharples talks of tensions with government TVNZ Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples says issues affecting his people has put pressure on his party's support arrangement with the government. Sharples is a Maori Party co-leader but his speech on Sunday at an Auckland marae about race relations was in ... National - Maori Party relationship 'sometimes difficult' Cultural arrogance shames Sharples Sharples advocates mass powhiri for Asian arrivals |
![]() Reuters | Democrats 'have votes on health' BBC News Senior Democrats say they are confident they have enough votes to pass landmark healthcare reform legislation in the US House of Representatives. The House is due to vote later on the highly-contested bill, which would give health coverage to 32m more ... Barack Obama confident he has votes to pass healthcare bill Hoyer: Dems will have votes for health care bill US Democrats confident will have healthcare votes |
![]() guide2.co.nz | Labour's choice backs her local links New Zealand Herald Labour's candidate for the marginal Waitakere electorate, Carmel Sepuloni, believes she is more "closely connected" to the West Auckland seat than her incumbent National Party opponent, Paula Bennett. Ms Sepuloni yesterday told the ... Labour chooses Waitakere candidate Sepuloni gets the Labour nod Labour picks Carmel Sepuloni for Waitakere seat |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Identity of skeletal remains to be confirmed TVNZ Police hope to confirm later this week whether the skeletal remains they found down a bank near Upper Hutt on Friday belong to Harold Skudder, who has been missing for over three years. Early on Friday evening, police removed the remains from the spot ... Some time before remains identified Body found by police hunting missing person Murder charge after three-year-old skeleton found |
![]() The Hindu | Israel's Netanyahu: No Concession on East Jerusalem Voice of America Photo: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government will make no concessions about construction in East Jerusalem. Mr. Netanyahu made the comment to his Cabinet Sunday as the US envoy on Middle East peace arrived in Israel to try to ... Mitchell invites Netanyahu to meet with Obama Israel fostering extremism in Gaza with blockade Ban to Gazans: We stand with you |
![]() Voxy | Severe weather expected Newstalk ZB A burst of very heavy rain and thunderstorms is expected over Fiordland tonight and Westland in the morning. The heaviest falls are expected before dawn or early in the morning in thunderstorms. MetService says this will lead to significant spillover ... Wild weather heading to South Island Front expected to hit southern NZ Heavy rain warning for West Coast |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | Two die in weekend crashes Stuff.co.nz On Friday night, 51-year-old Penelope Rae Phillips was killed by a young woman allegedly fleeing a police checkpoint in Blenheim. Police stopped the 20-year-old local woman about 9.45pm at a checkpoint, before she sped off and crashed about 400m away ... Woman dies as driver flees police One dead after driver flees checkpoint Police seek witnesses |
![]() 3News | Over 60 drink drivers nabbed in Auckland Stuff.co.nz Drunk drivers have been targeted on Auckland's North Shore this weekend, with 69 people testing positive for excess breath alcohol. Operation Lockdown ran over Friday and Saturday nights and involved staff from North Shore, Waitakere, Rodney and the ... Scores caught in drink-driving blitz on North Shore Police: 7 teens arrested in drink driving crackdown Drink drive blitz on Auckland's North Shore |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | Boaties still urged to report sightings of missing yacht Radio New Zealand Maritime authorities are urging boaties to keep watching out for a missing yacht, which might not have anyone at the helm. The search for the 11-metre yacht Tafadzwa and its owner, Paul van Rensburg, was called off on Thursday, after an aerial sweep ... Call for sightings of drifting yacht Tafadzwa still missing Search for SA skipper called off |
![]() 3News | Pressure on Kahui twins' family rises as reward hits $50000 Stuff.co.nz The reward for information leading to the conviction of the Kahui twins' murderer has been doubled to $50000 – a move the twins' aunt believes could crack the case. Denise King, half-sister of the twins' mother, ... Kahui reward could get result, says aunt Reward doubled for info on Kahui deaths Kahui case reward doubled |