Shells on wrong trajectory
Staff at a Christchurch hardware manufacturing company were shocked to find three boxes of military-style ammunition cartridges among a pallet delivered to the warehouse yesterday.Urgency to add on to hospital
By PHIL HAMILTON - The Press
Christchurch Women's Hospital will be "urgently" extended to help it cope with soaring demand.
Ministers ordered to pay up
By COLIN ESPINER - The Press
Cabinet ministers are being told to buy the furniture and other chattels in their ministerial houses or face it being sold.
Get more go [to Australia] on Moro
By BECK ELEVEN - The Press
The Moro bar – Cadbury's best-selling chocolate bar in New Zealand – is set to be made in Australia, along with other popular Kiwi treats including Perky Nana, Crunchie, Jet Planes and Eskimos.
School board applies for High Court order
By TINA LAW - The Press
Aorangi School is filing an interim order in the High Court to prevent its closure this year, after the Government failed to meet the school's deadline to make a decision about its future.
Strike pressure claim 'nonsense'
A union official has denied a claim that workers at a West Coast mine were pressured into striking because a vote on the industrial action was not confidential.
Passengers not given safety information
Passengers on the doomed Tongan ferry Princess Ashika were given no safety information despite the captain believing being on the ship posed a risk to passengers and crew.
Name change, new office and business as usual
Stroke preceded fall onto heater
McCaw to skip three S14 matches
Richie McCaw will sit out the first three rounds of the Crusaders' 2010 campaign as part of a deal brokered with the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Watch this space: All Blacks at the ready
Space. One team will be desperate to create it, the other will try to close it down at Twickenham tomorrow.
Nonu not underestimating England
Canterbury celebrate win - at last
Fulton back in NZ team
Wondering how QEII Park might play next week, when Canterbury host Auckland in the Plunket Shield, was the main cricket matter on Peter Fulton's mind.
Kiwi dies after Bali accident
A New Zealand woman has died five weeks after suffering head injuries in a cycling accident in Bali.
Healthcare bill gains ahead of US Senate test
A broad healthcare overhaul moved closer to clearing its first US Senate hurdle when one of two wavering Democrats said she would vote to begin debate on the landmark legislation.
Italy arrests Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai links
NATO takes command of Afghan army
China mine blast kills 31
At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media have said.
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Allied dangles carrot for investors
The tantalising prospect of a 100% capital return is once again being raised as the carrot to tempt Hanover debenture holders into voting for a new rescue deal.
Rich pickings for taxman as rich pay up
A blitz by the taxman on the nation's wealthiest people netted an extra $81 million in the past tax year.
Tainted directors not wanted
Are repo men toeing the line?
Hotchin: 'Nothing in it for me'
Hanover boss Mark Hotchin says he's still working hard for investors.
Oprah to go off air
Oprah Winfrey will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones".
Chills in the night for Sting
The Police frontman claims to have seen the apparition of a woman and child in his home.
'Pussycat' Tem happy to be home
Middle Earth returns
Snipes appeals convictions
US actor Wesley Snipes is set to ask a federal appeals panel to overturn his three federal tax convictions.
Women wear 500 chemicals daily
The average British woman "hosts" 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study.
Olivia Newton-John lets rip
Olivia Newton-John has slammed controversial new breast cancer guidelines.
Cardy a fashion essential
Movember grows
Gene test for perfect partner
New dating sites incorporate science to ensure you find the person to whom you are perfectly suited - at least physically.
Review: Left 4 Dead 2
A bunch of zombies and a bigger bunch of weapons - This game has everything you want in a sequel.
PC Buyer's Guide: Video Cards
Continuing on our path to electronic enlightenment this week we'll be taking you through the marketing-hyperbole-ridden world of video cards.
Make the web work for you
New hope for Google super-phone
Renault reprises its Gordini brand
Bright blue with twin white stripes, the old Renault R8 Gordini was a star on the street and the track in the mid to late sixties, and the name is to be ressurected, writes DAVE MOORE.
50 years of Anglias
The popular Ford was a great drive for its time, writes Dave Moore.
Flying the Koup
Windblown
Ferrari's ultimate theme park
If you wondered what the sprawling red-roofed building dominating the background at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix it's a fairground for petrolheads, says DAVE MOORE.
Teenage girls will flock to this movie, no matter what critics say.
Shyla the chihuahua cross is the purr-fect mum.
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