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Carter launches whaling petition

Labour MP Chris Carter has launched a petition trying to pressure the Government not to agree to commercial whaling being resumed

Car deliberately smashed into police station

Police say public lucky not be be hurt when driver believed to be mentally ill crashed into Hamilton Central Police Station

Peter Ingram likely to be dropped

Commentator Bryan Waddle believes Peter Ingram will be dropped from the Black Caps line-up for the fourth ODI

Appeal allowed for real estate agent

Wellington Real Estate agent discharged without conviction after appealing 2007 sentence for breaches of Fair Trading Act

New NZ Ambassador to Indonesia named

David Taylor is named as New Zealand's new Ambassador to Indonesia and will take up the Jakarta post in April

Men charged with aggravated robbery

Two men arrested and firearm recovered by Hamilton police in relation to violent armed robbery of Chartwell Kiwibank

Warning to keep sick kids out of public pools

Health Board issues warning to parents to stop children who have been ill with diarrhoea from swimming in public pools

Cell phone could have saved trampers' lives

Coroner Tim Scott says a cell phone could have saved the lives of former Te Papa CEO and his tramping companion

Team NZ continue strong form

A win over Mascalzone Latino has Team New Zealand unbeaten so far in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Auckland