New speed cameras to nab holiday drivers
TOM FITZSIMONS - The Dominion Post
Motorists face a blitz from 43 new speed cameras - with the first due to be introduced in time for Christmas holiday traffic.
Intruder groped mum as she slept
The Dominion Post
After breaking into a Flaxmere family's house, Richard Hawe went into the sleeping couple's room and indecently assaulted the woman as she lay in bed beside her partner.
Taking lawn into their own hands
STACEY WOOD - The Dominion Post
Levin residents armed with a second-hand mower have taken care of an overgrown reserve, ruining a council plan to let its parks grow wild.
Council makes hay to cut park mowing costs
Neo-nazi a double killer
The Dominion Post
"Abhorrent" neo-nazi white supremacist beliefs sparked the hate-killings of two men on the West Coast, it can now be revealed.
Mother tells of living five years in tears
Rescue came too late
Survivor crawls from snow cave
BRITTON BROUN and BECK ELEVEN - The Dominion Post
A Japanese climber's decision to huddle inside an snow cave may have saved his life, rescuers say.
Climber had 'no chance'
Short shrift for Black Cap's manager
By GEOFF LONGLEY - The Press
Former New Zealand Rowing chief executive Craig Ross is to be swiftly installed as the new manager of the Black Caps cricket team during the test series this month against the West Indies.
Labour's shoo-in president
With rivals not coming forward, Andrew Little is poised to take over from Mike Williams
VERNON SMALL - The Dominion Post | 07:44AM
Andrew Little recalls his father Bill, a former major in the British Army, yelling, "Communist! Fool!" when union leaders like Jim Knox came on the television. His mother, Cicely, is still active in the National Party in New Plymouth.
Government funds suffer in squeeze
Fairfax head David Kirk quits
Stuff.co.nz and SMH
David Kirk has resigned as chief executive of Fairfax Media after more than three years at the helm.
Hanover investors seek injunction
Home on the ground
TANYA KATTERNS - The Dominion Post
A pair of morepork chicks could have been a meal for the first passing rat, but tight predator control in a bush block in Silverstream has given them a fighting chance.
Capital's $1.3m fish hook >(+pics)
Taking lawn into their own hands
STACEY WOOD - The Dominion Post
Levin residents armed with a second-hand mower have taken care of an overgrown reserve, ruining a council plan to let its parks grow wild.
Council makes hay to cut park mowing costs
Wanganui showdown for 'sporting gods'
Injury 'irreparable' after six-month wait
MARTY SHARPE - The Dominion Post
A man knocked off his bike by a car had to wait six months to see an orthopaedic surgeon, only to be told he had waited so long that his injury was irreparable.
Man who 'never paid tax' sentenced
- Taking lawn into their own hands
- Capital's $1.3m fish hook >(+pics)
- New speed cameras to nab holiday drivers
- Intruder groped mum as she slept
- Neo-nazi a double killer
- Beach closed for summer spruce up
- Wellingtonians richer - and smarter
- Petrol down another 4 cents
- Win NZI Sevens Tickets!
- Crashes cause State Highway 2 delays
VICTIM'S FAMILY: Leebun Kim is comforted by her son Jae-kyung Kim as they leave the High Court at Wellington yesterday. In court she spoke to her son's "heartless" murderer - telling him she was haunted by his hate-fuelled racial killing and would never recover from heartbreak.
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