New Zealand First became the third biggest party in Parliament today when its tally of MP's swelled to five with the addition of two defectors - one each from National and Labour.x marie hosking
New Zealand police say they won't tolerate the death threat made against one of their officers by a Hong Kong based triad.x karlum Lattimore Joining me now live from Hong Kong is Detective chief Inspector Dave Fernyhough of the Hong Kong police organised crime and triad bureau.... liver
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The Commerce Commission has declined Air New Zealand's bid to buy half of Ansett. bronwen evans
The government's accepted an 89-million-dollar bid for Radio New Zealand's commercial stations from a joint New Zealand-Australian-American consortium.x janice rodenburg
JOING ME NOW IS JOHN MASLAND - THE representative of the New Zealand radio network LIVER
The Government has finally decided to invite bids for the sale of Forestry [illegible] - a move which has created a ground swell of concern from its political foes.x anna hughes
Well, it just so happens that a group set up to lobby against the sale of the Forestry Corporation, was at Parliament today for meetings it had already set up with four political parties. clare pasley spoke to tthem
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The distributers of a dietary supplement suspected to contain ephadrine or speed, are refusing to accept initial test results on their product and are standing by the diet pills.x mary wilson
A 17 year jail sentence has today been handed out to a former schoolteacher who admitted 30 charges of rape, sexual violation and assault on pupils.
x alexia russell
Serious allegations have been made today against former Auditor General Brian Tyler, a key witness at the Winebox Commission of Inquiry.x paula penfold
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Once again the Los Angeles police are the focus of a beating caught on video tape. The victims are two illegal immigrants from Mexico.x richard arnold Providing high quality public services under severe budgetary constraints is a problem facing governments in just about every industrialised country.x dw
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