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Police have arrested two men after a dairy robbery in Hamilton.Inspector Matt Rogers said two men went into a dairy and stole the till.He said police arrested two men a short time later in a stolen car.Mr Rogers said no...

Rebuilding the estimated 100,000 damaged and destroyed homes in quake-hit Canterbury could take years.Damage assessments have only just begun and while some buildings have been demolished in the days following the 7.1 earthquake,...

Hawkes Bay and the Wairarapa have been hit by two earthquakes this morning but there have been no reports of damage.The quakes measured 5.2 and 3.6 on the Richter scale, and have been widely felt throughout the area.The 3.6...

New Zealand and Manly centre Steve Matai has been handed a seven-game ban by the NRL judiciary after pleading guilty to a grade three reckless tackle charge today.In a double blow to the Kiwis enforcer, he will also miss New Zealand's...

Next year's trans-Tasman netball league will be condensed by three weeks to allow players more time to prepare for the world championship at Singapore in July.The 10-team league will again feature 65 round-robin matches followed...

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers is facing a battle to keep his job after five losses in six Tri-Nations games and reports linking 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White with a return to leading the Springboks.De Villiers...

Kingmaker independent lawmaker Bob Katter says he will support opposition leader Tony Abbott's conservative coalition following inconclusive elections.Katter's announcement Tuesday takes the conservative Liberal Party to within...

Dozens of people outraged over the fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day labourer by Los Angeles police took to the street Monday and protested outside a police station.Officers in riot gear stood guard as demonstrators marched near...

San Francisco police have arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper and unfurled an American flag at the top.Police tell KCBS Radio that the man is veteran skyscraper climber Dan Goodwin. The 54-year-old...

Finance Minister Bill English has asked banks and the Inland Revenue Department to be flexible to help businesses stay afloat and still be able to pay wages in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquake.But he said employers will...

Christchurch's tourism industry is open for business despite the earthquake.The International Antarctic Centre next to Christchurch International Airport re-opened yesterday.Owner and director Richard Benton said it was business...

The economic impact of the Canterbury earthquake will be sharply negative in the near term but probably positive for gross domestic product over a longer period, economists say.Canterbury is home to 13 per cent of the population...

An estimated 5000 uninsured homes damaged in the Canterbury earthquake will have to make a case of "true hardship" to the Government to be considered for financial help.The final repair bill for local infrastructure would likely...

The chances of selling South Canterbury Finance as a whole are likely to be close to zero, says an expert in distressed asset sales.Receivers for the failed finance company yesterday called for expressions of interest in South...

South Canterbury Finance should have paid more to belong to the Government's deposit guarantee scheme, Prime Minister John Key says.Speaking after a Cabinet meeting which discussed the taxpayer cost of the failed finance company...