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Bomb threat in central Wellington 09/12/2009 16:32:01 Part of central Wellington is cordoned off as police investigate a bomb threat. Customers and staff have been evacuated from the National Bank on Featherston St. Emergency services have blocked off most of...

Genesis Energy supports all measures designed to improve competition in the electricity marketplace. The company will not be commenting further on this matter until it has had time to fully assess the Government’s decisions.

Countries that manage Antarctica want strong new controls on ships visiting the frozen continent to reduce the growing threat of human and environmental disasters posed by exploding numbers of tourists, an official said Wednesday. Antarctica's pristine environment, unpredictable and extreme...

Once again Pakistani cricket team is seen diturbing into intenal disputes. In Wellington, after the second Test match against New Zealand there was assault between fast bowler Umar Gul and Mohammad Amir about anything. As the causes of conflict between...

Figures also show wide regional variations with women in Northland, for example, having abortions much later than those in Wellington,” Dame Margaret said. “This is not acceptable.” One reason, she suggested, was the poor uptake of medical abortion using the...

The volume of residential building work has slumped almost 40 per cent in two years according to official figures. The volume of residential building work put in place fell a further 5.4 per cent in the September 2009 quarter, and...

Finance Minister Bill English broke the law, Labour alleged in Parliament today. Prime Minister John Key confirmed this morning that rules requiring ministers to keep their self-drive cars in their electorates were changed in May this year. The change removed...

IT was like a scene from a gory horror movie. Animal heads, carcasses and miscellaneous guts spilled onto a busy New Zealand road this morning, sending vehicles sliding and crashing across fat-covered bitumen. A massive leak from a truck has...