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Clinic bans sperm donors over 45 because of risks
New Zealand's largest network of fertility clinics will no longer accept sperm donors over 45 after research linking older fathers with a range of conditions in children including schizophrenia.A Fertility Associates newsletter...

Adrift in the Arctic ice
It's summer and it's already -5C. The sky is grey and it's snowing. Already the Tara has had its first Arctic gale. It was only a small storm, says New Zealand expedition leader Grant Redvers, but the ice split in two and sent the...

Palm policemen's exotic wish list
Deep within the Auckland Regional Council, behind a phalanx of public relations people, sits the man Dr Andrew Montgomery calls an "eco-fascist". His name is Jack Craw. He heads the ARC's Biosecurity Department and is responsible...

A gorgeous hot blonde called Helen Clark
A stunning Prime Minister of New Zealand has made a surprise guest appearance on the David Letterman show in the United States - but it wasn't Helen Clark.In a somewhat cryptic skit screened on Thursday night, Letterman made an...

Feltex staff work and hope
The axe hangs over the jobs of about 850 Feltex employees in New Zealand, but they are still working - and hoping the embattled carpet company finds a buyer that will keep them on.The two unions covering about 700 of the workers...

Phone user accused of under-skirt pix
An Auckland accountant said to have used his mobile phone to film up the skirts of unsuspecting female shoppers faces a charge of offensive behaviour.The man, in his mid-30s, allegedly placed a video phone in a shopping basket...

Energy users get $310 payout
Almost 300,000 electricity customers are receiving tax-free dividend cheques for $310 each from the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust, whose members are up for re-election next month.The payout amounts to a $93 million cash injection...

Order of New Zealand - Who's in the reckoning?
The death of the Maori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, has left three vacancies in New Zealand's most exclusive club.The "ordinary" category of the Order of New Zealand - limited to 20 people - is now down to 17 members...

Potatoes, Bush, and key to survival
The round-the-chin beard makes him look Amish, which he's not. It also makes him look like an anthropologist, which he is, but he denies growing the beard to look the part.He just likes the look of it, so much so, he has not changed...

Clark, Brady won't budge
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Auditor-General Kevin Brady stand by their conflicting stories about whether he privately told a party leader retrospectively validating election spending was appropriate.Helen Clark yesterday told...

Taxpayers feel pain of increasing rugby injuries
Rugby injuries are costing the country millions of dollars, but are generally less serious than they used to be.In the past three years, the bill for injuries has been $105 million, with the increasing cost blamed on growing player...

Top bar caught in sting
One of the coolest nightspots on Auckland's Ponsonby Rd, The Whiskey, has been ordered to close for 24 hours after being caught in a police underage drinking sting.Two female police volunteers, one aged 17 years and seven months...