Wellington, Dec 6 (IANS) An HIV-positive man in New Zealand has allegedly injected his sleeping wife with his own blood so she would start having sex with him again.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:30:01 -0500

Wellington (New Zealand), Dec. 6 : Pakistan has beaten New Zealand by 141 runs in the second test on day four at the Basin Reserve today to level their three-match series one all.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:20:06 -0500

National’s rushed ETS heading back to the drawing board in 2010 Labour's climate change issues spokesperson Charles Chauvel is predicting that the Emissions Trading Law – passed late...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:59:49 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:24 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Hon Ruth DysonHealth Spokesperson 7 December 2009 Media Statement Minister of Health fails patients by failing to planN...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:59:47 -0500

Police say a four by four vehicle started moving with a child inside of it at Kakahu, inland from Timaru. The child's father gave chase, but the vehicle crashed. Both the father and the child were in...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:57:36 -0500

Wellington - The governments of New Zealand, Australia and the Netherlands called Monday for responsible behaviour on all sides as protestors prepared to sail for their annual challenge with Japanese ...
Earth Times Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:50:15 -0500

BJ Watling is in line for his Test debut after replacing Peter Fulton for the series-deciding third Test against Pakistan in Napier from Friday. New Zealand's selectors avoided wholesale changes after...
Cricinfo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:49:29 -0500

Labour leader Phil Goff has rubbished claims that his nationhood speech didn't sit well with party president Andrew Little. Mr Goff said the issue has been blown out of proportion by the media. "He ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:21 -0500

An prison inmate was strangled to death with a radio power cord in a gang-related revenge attack, a court was told today. Samoan-born Tue Faavae, 23, was found dead inside Auckland Prison at Paremore...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:20 -0500

Good sense and commitment have seen Speaker Lockwood Smith push Prime Minister John Key off the throne for 2009's top parliamentary performer, political newsletter trans Tasman says. Dr Smith scored ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:19 -0500

Good sense and commitment have seen Speaker Lockwood Smith push Prime Minister John Key off the throne for 2009's top parliamentary performer, political newsletter trans Tasman says. Dr Smith scored ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:16 -0500

A mother with three pre-school children in her car produced a breath alcohol reading more than two and a half times the legal limit after driving from Auckland to Mount Maunganui yesterday. Sergeant ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:14 -0500

Expert thinks Westpac's about-face will start a move towards boutique banking. Photo / Northern Advocate Perceived cost and inconvenience are the main reasons people hold back from switching banks, sa...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:44:13 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:15 pm Press Release: NZ Oil And Gas 7 December 2009 Drilling underway at Albacore NZOG (New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd) advises that the ENSCO-107 jack-up rig has commenc...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:10 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:13 pm Press Release: Statistics New Zealand Embargoed until 10:45am – 07 December 2009 Wholesale trade decline continues Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade s...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:08 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:11 pm Press Release: Commerce Commission Telecom fined $500,000 for misleading over Go Large planTelecom New Zealand Limited has pleaded guilty to 17 charges of brea...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:07 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:10 pm Press Release: Airshed PRESS RELEASE.7 December 2009.From AIRSHED Limited.AIRSHED to offset Key Copenhagen tripAIRSHED, the New Zealand-based sustainability co...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:06 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:55 pm Press Release: Candor Trust Police efforts up toll - shameCandor TrustThe annual road killing count is now more than 10% up, at 394 versus 360 at the same tim...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:06 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:01 pm Press Release: Sony New Zealand Limited Sony and FIFA Announce the World’s First 3D FIFA World Cup™ The Excitement and Action of the World’...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:05 -0500

Dec. 7 (BusinessWire) - Telecom Corp. will pay about $8.4 million in compensation to customers and has been fined $500,000 after a Commerce Commission investigation found the company made misleadin...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:03 -0500

Health sector action to address the country's methamphetamine problem is well underway, including up to 60 new treatment and social detoxification beds being available by the middle of next year, Asso...
Beehive Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:04:23 -0500

The Governments of Australia, The Netherlands and New Zealand remain resolute in our opposition to so-called ‘scientific' whaling. We are deeply disappointed at the recent departure of the Japanese ...
Beehive Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:04:22 -0500

New Zealand golfer Cathryn Bristow's dream of playing on the LPGA Tour in the United States remains very much alive with one round remaining in the qualifying tournament at Daytona Beach in Florida. ...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:32 -0500

LATEST: A customer at a suburban Hamilton post office had a rifle thrust into his face during an armed robbery on Saturday morning. Two heavily disguised armed robbers burst into the Chartwell Squa...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:13 -0500

An prison inmate was strangled to death with a radio power cord in a gang-related revenge attack, a court was told today. Samoan-born Tue Faavae, 23, was found dead inside Auckland Prison at Paremo...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:10 -0500

Shoppers overwhelmingly hate "sneaky", "greedy" and "dishonest" product downsizing practices which many grocery manufacturers are using to hold profit levels, a Waikato Times poll has found. And th...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:08 -0500

Twenty-year-old Jennifer Speakman will be sentenced in February after admitting four charges of dangerous driving. One cyclist was in hospital in a critical condition for several days after in the cr...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:30 -0500

Veteran defender Blair Hopping left the field in the first half of the 2-2 draw with India with a suspected fractured wrist, after he fell in a collision. Coach Shane McLeod believes Hopping is the b...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:29 -0500

Bird was sacked by Cronulla earlier this year after being charged of recklessly wounding his girlfriend. He has since been cleared by the court after an appeal. Earlier this month NRL CEO David Gallo...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:29 -0500

Around 130 children in the care of Child Youth and Family and their foster parents, were given tickets to the opening night of An Adagio Christmas in Wellington on Friday. That has attracted some cri...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:28 -0500

The dispute between mayor Tim Shadbolt and his deputy Neil Boniface is expected to come to a head. Mr Shadbolt has previously declared he has lost all confidence in Neil Boniface as his number two. T...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:28 -0500

It says malnutrition, diarrhoea and malaria are likely to be exacerbated due to temperature changes and will further impact on the health of children in less developed countries. It believes children'...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:27 -0500

It is calling for Auckland city transport heads to allow a trial to go ahead. Executive director Tim Reddish says the practice is seen all over the world, including in cities such as London, Brisbane...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:25 -0500

NEW YORK - A New York City woman faces charges that she tricked her husband's pregnant mistress into taking a drug that would cause an abortion. Police say Kisha Jones of Brooklyn used a doctor's pre...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:26 -0500

Police have named a Dunedin man who died after a tramping accident in Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. Expatriate Australian Karl Walter Quaass, 30, died after falling 30 to 40 metres off th...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:25 -0500

Shrink A young woman motorist who knocked down four cyclists on Auckland's Tamaki Drive, badly injuring one, has pleaded guilty to four charges of dangerous driving. Jennifer Speakman, 20, pleaded gu...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:24 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:32 pm Press Release: Auckland City Mission Media release Monday 7 December 2009Share a little to have a simply great ChristmasChristmas is a time for sharing - not ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:29 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:27 pm Press Release: Environment Canterbury December 7, 2009MEDIA STATEMENT Commissioners release recommendations on land use and urban growth management for Greate...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:27 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:58 am Press Release: New Zealand Transport Agency TRAFFIC BULLETIN NZ Transport Agency - Auckland Regional Office7 December 2009Traffic shift at SH18 Hobsonville Ro...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:25 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:35 am Press Release: Federated Farmers Media Release 1 December 2009The Big Walk to discover the opportunity of youth and farmingIn a new initiative, Federated Farm...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:23 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:30 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Stephen SmithMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlan...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:20 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:16 pm Press Release: Independent Business Foundation Media release6 December 2009Changing management attitudes key to closing gap with AustraliaPoor management and ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:19 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:07 pm Press Release: CTC Aviation Media Release 7 December 2009 Ian Calvert Appointed CEO of CTC Aviation Training, New Zealand Global airline pilot training compan...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:18 -0500

Trans Tasman’s 2009 Roll Call has elevated Speaker of the House, Lockwood Smith to top of its rankings this year.Each year Trans Tasman’s Editors rank all MPs on the basis of their p...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:18 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:56 am Press Release: Navman Wireless Navman Wireless Expands Global OperationsDual strategy: opens local offices and agreements with distributorsNavman Wireless is ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:15 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:53 am Press Release: Dr Peter O'Connor News Release: New child abuse ads: Exactly the right message. December 6 2009.The new Are You Strong Enough? Never Ever Shake...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:15 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:39 am Press Release: Independent Business Foundation Submission to the 2025 TaskforceImproving Productivity and Closing the Gap With Australia by 2025IntroductionTh...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:13 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:33 am Press Release: Her Business Network Teen Wins Most Her Business Inspirational Role Model AwardThe first Wellington Her Business Awards on Friday night proved ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:12 -0500

Wednesday, 8 December 1999, 8:20 am Press Release: Green Party Jeanette Fitzsimons wins CoromandelThe Green Party's Jeanette Fitzsimons has won the Coromandel electorate by 246 votes after the...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:12 -0500

The industrial property market is looking more positive, with an increase of multimillion dollar sales occurring recently but an excess of properties plagues the market.According to the latest researc...
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:48:49 -0500

NZX has announced it will split its stock and make changes to its long-term dividend policy for the second time in three years.The stock exchange company confirmed today it will carry out a 3:1 share ...
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:48:47 -0500

The New Zealand dollar fell against the greenback, which strengthened broadly after data showed the United States lost far fewer jobs than expected last month, bolstering hopes the US economy is on a ...
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:48:45 -0500

The New Zealand sharemarket started the week firmly, with solid early rises recorded by leading stocks Contact Energy and Fletcher Building, while stock exchange operator NZX surged forward.Around 10....
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:48:43 -0500

Some Black Caps batsmen will be chopped today from the current failing line up.After losing the second test by 141 runs in Wellington, the team for the third test against Pakistan will be named today....
NZ City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:32:43 -0500

CRUNCHED: The Nobel Foundation might have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director said.
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:23 -0500

IDC has launched its predictions for 2010, featuring consolidated buying in government and a restructure of the ultra-fast broadband plan.
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:22 -0500

LATEST: Police have named an Australian man who fell to his death in Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. He was Karl Walter Quaass, aged 30, who was a professional writer from Dunedin. Quaas...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:22 -0500

A policeman charged with manslaughter has denied he ever assaulted the man who died as he took the stand to defend himself today. Constable Clinton Lyall Hill, 34, who is still on the force but cur...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:20 -0500

A massive haul of stolen property taken in almost a decade's worth of burglaries across the Waikato has been recovered. The stolen goods, recovered in a series of raids over recent weeks, have so f...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:18 -0500

Fonterra's farmer shareholders are today being offered their first chance to buy extra shares in the dairy co-operative, but Federated Farmers says half of the 10,500 shareholders probably can't affor...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:17 -0500

Greens co-leader Russel Norman says the cows would be kept in stables for eight months of the year and will be let out for only 12 hours a day for the other four months. He says it will undermine New ...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:09:57 -0500

The officers began chasing the car in Te Kuiti around 2.30 yesterday morning, but Senior Sergeant Rob Van Kalken says the officers quickly abandoned the chase as it was becoming dangerous. The car co...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:09:53 -0500

After a decade in Parliament, a political analyst says the Green Party is sporting a 'bland' new image and its biggest achievement is that it has survived.
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:09:53 -0500

In this amateur video image, fire and smoke from a burning ceiling covered with plastic insulation and a layer of willow twigs is seen filling a packed nightclub in Perm, Russia. Photo / AP/Ural-Infor...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:57:24 -0500

Police have named an Invercargill teenager killed after the car he was a passenger in collided with a power pole on Friday. Jerome Henry, 18, died and four other people, believed to be in their teens...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:57:22 -0500

Shrink Two King Country police officers had their patrol car rammed by another car they had chased, then lost, on the streets of Te Kuiti early yesterday. The officers were following the car full of ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:57:21 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:24 am Press Release: Rotorua District Council News Release Monday 7 December 2009 Ruru the morepork fronts new campaign to reduce state highway crashesROTORUA 07.12...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:57 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:50 am Press Release: Anglican Church in Aotearoa For immediate releaseDecember 6, 2009Ross Bay chosen as Auckland’s new Anglican bishopThe Very Reverend Ross...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:51 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:48 am Press Release: Christchurch Festival Of Cycling Surprises Topple Champions at Festival CriteriumIt was surprises all round in Day two of the Armstrong Motor Gr...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:49 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:46 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Title: Receivers on receiving end of Police attentionsWhile applying heat to recidivist burglars to reverse the traditional ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:47 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 11:06 am Press Release: Viaduct eftpos Media releaseViaduct buys out Nelson eftpos providerNew Zealand’s leading eftpos dealer Viaduct is expanding with the pur...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:43 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:45 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Location: Mt Aspiring District: SouthernMedia Release 01 Date: 06.12.09MEDIA RELEASE:Wanaka PoliceThe body of a 30yr old Dun...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:43 -0500

Dec. 7 (BusinessWire) – NZX Ltd., one of the best performers on its own bourse this year, plans to quadruple its shares on issue via a split and base its dividend policy on operating earning...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:42 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:15 am Press Release: No More Rates NoMoreRates.comTHE nationwide CAMPAIGN TO reform the council rating systemMEDIA RELEASE 04 December 2009New rating system for Auc...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:41 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:13 am Press Release: Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust PRESS RELEASEScience project at risk through lack of fundsA science project open to all New Zealanders and used by m...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:40 -0500

A healthy payday for New Zealand golfer Michael Long.The 41-year-old has picked up a cheque for just under $100,000, after finishing in a share of third place at the Australian Open in Sydney.Long fir...
NZ City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:12:26 -0500

The case of a heavily drunk pregnant woman caught drink driving has sparked a women's health advocate to urge New Zealand to take an international lead by educating women about the risks of drinking w...
NZ City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:12:23 -0500

OPINION: Should mobile phone users care whether Vodafone, Telecom and the Commerce Commission strike a voluntary deal to reduce mobile termination rates, or regulation ensues? The fees, charged by ...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:50:45 -0500

Trampolines, tents, barbeques, and bikes were among the most searched items on online auction site Trade Me as New Zealanders head into Christmas. "It's been a tough year, and New Zealanders seem t...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:50:45 -0500

The condition of historian Dame Judith Binney, who received head injuries after being hit by a truck, has improved but remains serious, Auckland City Hospital staff said today. Dame Judith, 69, was...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:50:44 -0500

Prime Minister John Key will be attending the leaders' conference at the end of the two week meeting, after reversing his initial decision not to attend. He says the world's leaders need to attend so ...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:47:47 -0500

Most of the team are winging their way back to New Zealand following the 25-18 defeat to the Barbarians at Twickenham. The All Blacks finished with a five win, one loss record on their tour of Japan ...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:47:44 -0500

The condition of historian Dame Judith Binney, who received head injuries after being hit by a truck, has improved but remains serious, Auckland City Hospital staff said today. Dame Judith, 69, was d...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:34:25 -0500

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) board is defending paying chief executive Geoff Dangerfield more than $500,000. NZTA chairman Brian Roche accepted the salary was very high. "It's up there, I...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:34:22 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:52 am Press Release: Green Party 7 December 2009 Factory dairy farming arrives in New Zealand New Zealand is on the brink of introducing factory farming of dairy cow...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:39 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:06 am Press Release: Trademe Media Release7 December 2009Consumers Opting For a Traditional Kiwi ChristmasKiwis are going back to basics this year with trampolines,...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:36 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:50 am Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party 6 December 2009 Media Statement National scaremongering on ACC and Super exposed National’s scaremongering over ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:36 -0500

By Paul McBethDec. 7 (BusinessWire) - House values rose 1% in the 12 months ended November 30, up from a 0.20% gain in the period through October, according to QV Valuations. The average sale price...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:33 -0500

Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:57 am Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party Time to give flat tax concept a decent burialAlliance Party media release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday 6 December 200...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:33 -0500

Dec. 7 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless s...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:31 -0500

By Paul McBethDec. 7 (BusinesWire) – The New Zealand dollar slid below 72 U.S. cents after figures showed American unemployment unexpectedly shrank to 10% and the world’s largest econ...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:08:30 -0500

Computer-shy New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has entered the 21st century and started his own blog.Mr Peters today released notes for a speech that was delivered to university students in Chri...
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:06:56 -0500

The Greens will today mark the 10th anniversary of the party's entry to Parliament.In 1999, special votes counted after the general election put Jeanette Fitzsimons into Parliament as MP for Coromande...
National Business Review Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:06:54 -0500

Waitakere United have climbed to second in the New Zealand Football Championship with a 2-1 win over Otago United as YoungHeart Manawatu slipped up with a nil-all home draw with Canterbury United.A vi...
NZ City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:50:10 -0500

Police are investigating a sexual assault on a woman at the Clendon Shopping Centre in Manukau.Just before midnight on Tuesday a woman was tackled by a man who then sexually assaulted her.Police say t...
NZ City Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:50:07 -0500

Customers at a busy Hamilton Kiwibank were ordered to the floor at gunpoint while the branch was robbed by two men on Saturday. The men, wearing dark hooded sweatshirts and bandanas around their fa...
Stuff Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:24:03 -0500

Otago has beaten Wellington by nine wickets in the latest round of Plunket Shield matches. Otago middle order batsman Neil Broom has scored his second consecutive century while opener Craig Cumming h...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:20:57 -0500

A five metre carved waka has been suspended over the foyer of the new $5 million welcome centre, which is due to be completed before Christmas as part of the Treaty Grounds upgrade. The carving, by B...
Newstalk ZB Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:20:54 -0500

A free Christmas play for Wellington children in Child Youth and Family care contained swear words and sexual references. Together with their foster parents, the 140 children, the youngest of whom wa...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:07:45 -0500

>>> The Fed has flooded the U.S. financial system with money during the past year to bolster lending in the wake of the credit crisis which claimed Lehman Brothers and led to the U.S. gove...
Scoop Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:44:26 -0500