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Pepper spray used on man with axe
Police used pepper spray to disable and arrest a man seen chasing another man with an axe in Kaikohe yesterday.Four officers were called to Bissett Rd where, after a tense but short stand-off, they took the man with the axe into...

Cashless society gets a step closer
Businesses that process customer payments at point of sale are discovering there is a wider range of payment technologies and services available to them.Along with the ubiquitous cash register and lone Eftpos terminal, Eftpos...

Voters: It serves him right
Suspended National MP Brian Connell has received little sympathy from his Rakaia constituents."I wouldn't stand by him," said Rakaia postie John Nordqvist "He's been a bit too wayward this time. He's too disloyal for my liking."Most...

Vive la différence in this family affair
Accomplished music critic, broadcaster and professor Heath Lees has completed his PhD on French literature in 2 1/2 years.Dr Lees, professor of music at the University of Auckland since 1983 and a broadcaster on Concert FM for...

Tougher penalties sought for arson
Tribal leaders have called for tougher penalties for arsons after a suspicious fire at a Bay of Plenty marae caused more than $500,000 in damage.The latest blaze takes to 20 the number of marae damaged by fire in the past four...

Alfred St open only to buses
Auckland University students are relieved a dangerous road in their midst will close to all traffic except buses but also want a lower speed limit imposed along neighbouring Symonds St.The university administration and Auckland...

Memo ex-wife: The job's over
Flamboyant businesswoman Annette Presley appeared to be out of a job last night after her ex-husband announced she had stepped down from telecommunications company CallPlus.But the star of television's Dragon's Den , who is holidaying...

Online games to be delivered by episode
Silicon Valley upstart Trion World Network wants to take the nearly US$30 billion ($45 billion) video game industry to the next level by combining the best of high-speed internet with traditional gaming and media.Trion intends...

Hubbard's u-turn on trees
Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard has made a political u-turn by moving to support the removal of healthy trees in Queen St.In a letter to the Herald last December, Mr Hubbard said: "We will not be taking healthy trees out of Queen...

Defining the rules for a game of cards
The Auditor-General's draft findings on unlawful taxpayer funding of campaigns during the 2005 election upset most political parties.With their reputations, not to mention bank balances, at stake, they have screamed foul. But...

$65m to uphold court's dignity
The Government is spending $65.1 million on housing the Supreme Court because the public would not accept cheap accommodation for the country's highest court, Minister for Courts Rick Barker says.The project - which works out...

Local body rates inquiry slow to get off ground
An independent inquiry into local body rates which won headlines a month ago still doesn't have any terms of reference and nobody has yet been appointed to conduct it.The inquiry was announced last month when debate about rates...

Shooting puts two in hospital
A man who suffered a serious eye injury when shot in the face at his Glen Eden home yesterday had a molotov cocktail thrown through his car window days earlier.The 30-year-old was one of two people treated for gunshot wounds after...

Sunbathers scatter as plane hits beach
A woman and two children ran to avoid a microlight plane which lurched towards them before crashing on the beach at Mt Maunganui yesterday.The microlight was forced to land on Omanu Beach when the engine failed as pilot John Burns...