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| Promises of quake aid surge in |
| Promises of aid have started coming in after a massive earthquake hit Canterbury early yesterday morning, causing billions of dollars of damage, cutting water and power, and leaving many forced out of their homes after their houses... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:30 a.m. |
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| Second rape trial |
| An Olympic athlete will stand trial for a second time on charges of raping his ex wife. The sportsman, who has name suppression, will face two counts of rape and one of male assaults female at a trial at the High Court in Auckland... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:00 a.m. |
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| Moa mamas |
| Scientists have found proof that the female moa was such a big bird, and her eggs' shells were so thin, that if she sat on the eggs, they would have broken. Auckland University's Dr Craig Millar said the moa's fragile eggs, coupled... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:30 a.m. |
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| Cathedral farewell |
| An entrepreneur who was crushed to death by his ride-on mower was farewelled at St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland on Friday. Peter Bassett, who founded Laser Electrical, died at his Paroa Bay property in the Bay of Islands last... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:00 a.m. |
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| City awakes to billion-dollar aftershock |
| Looting, homeless families and thousands of lives thrown into disarray: Kiwis are coming to terms with the devastation of one of their proudest cities.The 7.1 magnitude earthquake caused terror across Canterbury, damaged nearly... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Nine die as plane crashes in flames |
| Nine people were killed in a fiery explosion at Fox Glacier yesterday when their plane crashed just 50m from the back door of the chief fire officer's home.A pall of black smoke hung over the small township at the bottom of the... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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