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| Former Children's Commissioner appears in court |
| Former National MP and Children's Commissioner Roger McClay will deny fraud charges of over $21,000 laid against him in relation to his work with charities and use of his ex-MP perk of taxpayer-subsidised flights, his lawyer said today. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35 a.m. |
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| Auckland balcony fall victim dies |
| A man critically injured after falling from a balcony in Auckland on Wednesday night has died. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:21 a.m. |
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| Men admit kindapping, assault |
| A customer who ran up a $5500 drug debt was kidnapped, repeatedly punched, beaten with a length of timber, and forced to hand over his car by the "heavies" employed to collect the money, a court was told today. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:11 a.m. |
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| Life imprisonment for Valentines Day killer |
| A Wanganui woman who murdered a neighbour she believed was "coming on" to her partner on Valentine's Day last year was this morning sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 13½ years. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:56 a.m. |
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| Public sector on notice for Budget |
| The public sector will need to deal with a budget increase which will include only $1.1 billion of new money compared to more than double that in previous years, Finance Minister Bill English says. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:08 a.m. |
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| Attempted rape at Wellington train station |
| Pomare train station on Wellington's Hutt Valley line was closed to the public this morning after an attempted rape. |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34 a.m. |
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