1Christchurch City Council and the police have decided to close some streets to everyone other than residents to prevent Boyracer Congregations.

2An Austrian tourist who admitted causing four deaths by her careless driving has been sentenced in Christchurch today.

3A lobby group formed to oppose the newly passed Electoral Finance Bill, the Free Speech Coalition, has erected a billboard in Auckland targeting Prime Minister Helen Clark.

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5Jacob Zuma becomes the new leader of the country's governing party the African National Congress.

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7A rest home and a nurse have been criticised today for the poor care they gave to an elderly woman resident.

8Low wage earners have been given an early Christmas present with the minimum wage to go up to 12 dollars an hour.

9Two homes and two businesses have been raided as part of what maybe one of the biggest spam operations in the world.

10The Department of Internal Affairs rejected state-of-the-art hybrid cars in the latest tender for the Government's VIP cars.

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12A Canterbury businessman found guilty of historical rape charges has dropped his bid for name suppression. He is Peter Maxwell Stewart.

13A 2 metre tall statue replica of an alien from the film Predator has been stolen from a car wreckers store in Onehunga.

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15The Government says raising the minimum wage to 12 dollars an hour will ensure lower paid workers share in economic growth.

16Manukau police have taken to the streets to get the message through to motorists that their vehicles must be safe on the roads.

17The Christchurch Mayor says the tough new anti-boyracer measures the city is taking are needed to stamp out threatening behavior.

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19A man has been convicted over the killing of a police dog in remote bush south of Tauranga.

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21National Party List MP Tau Henare tops the list of Parliament's worst behaved MPs for 2007. The annual list is compiled by the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, from Parliament's records.

22A group opposed to the Electoral Finance Bill has unveiled a campaign targeting party leaders who voted for the legislation.

23The country's busiest baby delivery unit is set to hand new and existing staff a cash bonus of 11,000 dollars.

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25Japan's chief government spokesman, Nobutaka Machimura, has announced that he believes UFOs exist.

26NASA astronomers have dubbed a newly discovered Black Hole "The Death Star", due to the extraordinary jet of radiation blasted from the massive black hole directly through a neighbouring galaxy.